2012 Voting Machine Altering Votes

[Rocky21]

Why is there no way to vote online? Wouldn't that save people tons of time rather than going to stand in line for hours? I'm sure having to wait in lines, turns people away and they just don't vote. I mean its only 2012 and we can't use the internet to vote?

Isn't this in the Constitution?

[I_Bleed_B&G]

I understand hacking but there has to be some security measures to prevent hacking. My bank uses swift code for large transfers and/or if you never logged into your account from a random computer. The bank sends a text message to your phone with a 6 digit code that you need to enter on BOA website to continue with the transfer or to the next screen.

Why couldn't they implement something like that?

[wshngtn1]

Why is there no way to vote online? Wouldn't that save people tons of time rather than going to stand in line for hours? I'm sure having to wait in lines, turns people away and they just don't vote. I mean its only 2012 and we can't use the internet to vote?

http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/06/tech...ting-election/

[HOF44]

I understand hacking but there has to be some security measures to prevent hacking. My bank uses swift code for large transfers and/or if you never logged into your account from a random computer. The bank sends a text message to your phone with a 6 digit code that you need to enter on BOA website to continue with the transfer or to the next screen.

Why couldn't they implement something like that?

Not to mention I'm not sure I would want voting as easy as opening an app on your iphone. At least with polling locations you have to make SOME effort to get there and hopefully will pay a little attention to some issues.

[I_Bleed_B&G]

Not to mention I'm not sure I would want voting as easy as opening an app on your iphone. At least with polling locations you have to make SOME effort to get there and hopefully will pay a little attention to some issues.

Sure for some that would be great, but I bet there are plenty of people that go to these polling locations and see a Kings Dominion line, turn around and walk to their car or just keep on driving by. I'm sure lots of people skip voting for this reason.

Also for those that places that do electronic voting on these touch screen voting machines, do the results get transferred to some polling headquarters via the internet or how does that work? Couldn't the be susceptible to a hacker?

[RansomthePasserby]

Yeah, that does sound better. I would try to code that, but I am not about to make myself look dumb.

Yeah, I'm not even gonna try...

[Larry]

Paper and pencil?

Well, i hope at least there is a volunteer there who will turn the crank on the front of your car to get you going.



~Bang

It was NOT paper and pencil.

The booth had a Sharpie.

[SnyderShrugged]

It was NOT paper and pencil.

The booth had a Sharpie.

I had a Bic Pen (med blk ink)

[MLSKINS]

I like the way my county does it.

• Paper ballot.
• Blacken in the oval for your choice.
• Stick the paper in a machine, which sucks the paper in, and counts it at the same time.
• I assume that, when the polls close, they plug in a phone jack, press a button, and the machine phones in the count.

That's exactly what they are doing at my polling place here in Southwest, DC.

---------- Post added November-6th-2012 at 04:17 PM ----------

It was NOT paper and pencil.

The booth had a Sharpie.

Mine had a pencil

[Larry]

I had a Bic Pen (med blk ink)

Blue ink? Alert Fox News!

[skinsgirl26]

But think about all the little ten year olds who could vote with an iPhone app!

[SnyderShrugged]

It was NOT paper and pencil.

The booth had a Sharpie.

I had a Bic Pen (med blk ink)

[Elessar78]

In Soviet Russia, Votes alter Machine.

[Zguy28]

Sure for some that would be great, but I bet there are plenty of people that go to these polling locations and see a Kings Dominion line, turn around and walk to their car or just keep on driving by. I'm sure lots of people skip voting for this reason.

Also for those that places that do electronic voting on these touch screen voting machines, do the results get transferred to some polling headquarters via the internet or how does that work? Couldn't the be susceptible to a hacker?

If they are so lazy as to walk away from their civic duty due to inconvenience of waiting in line for a bit, do they really deserve to be counted? People today, wanting instant gratification.

Get off my lawn.

---------- Post added November-6th-2012 at 04:36 PM ----------

It was NOT paper and pencil.

The booth had a Sharpie.

It wasn't too long ago that Maryland had the ballot with the sharpie where you connected the line between the office and candidate.

[Larry]

It wasn't too long ago that Maryland had the ballot with the sharpie where you connected the line between the office and candidate.

Sounds too much like some tests I took, in High School.