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2016 Postmortem

trotsky

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3. Again I would say if you duplicate everything from the first tally...

Reply to ffr (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 06:02 PM

Nov 2016

then the machines will most likely output the exact same results.

We would want an incredible discrepancy between the two tallies, in order to draw attention to a potential hacking problem.

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Local clerks prepare for presidential election recount - Janesville, Wisconsin [View all] ffr Nov 2016 OP

Actually, if the machines were hacked, and the original code changed to alter the tallies... trotsky Nov 2016 #1

True. But I want the sources revealed and those machines identified. ffr Nov 2016 #2

Again I would say if you duplicate everything from the first tally... trotsky Nov 2016 #3

i hear you, but it seems a little odd that they need to "reprogram the machines" right away. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #7

What about provisional ballots....any mention if those will be looked at? KewlKat Nov 2016 #4

I read last week SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #5

They might have to validate the provisional that WI claims are invalid womanofthehills Nov 2016 #9

Based on what? n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #11

Greg Palast said people who were purged off the voter roles due to the Crosscheck scam were womanofthehills Nov 2016 #8

There weren't very many provisional ballots cast in Wisconsin SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #10

they could count them by hand a lot cheaper than that. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #6