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Election Reform

passy

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4. No one wants to talk about it

Reply to Kalidurga (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 04:15 AM

Apr 2016

It's a hot potato. When ever people mention the rigging of elections they are called conspiracy theorists.
Electronic voting is so vulnerable that it's not too far fetched to believe that machines are hacked on a regular basis.
Ohio has been hacked since at least 2004.
It was supposed to go to Romney in 2012 but I believe someone hacked the hack or prevented from taking place, just look at Rove's reaction as the results came in.

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Silly numbers from New York's primary election [View all] passy Apr 2016 OP

There are too many numbers that don't make sense Kalidurga Apr 2016 #1

No one wants to talk about it passy Apr 2016 #4

Scary the polls were close enough they could get away with it if the did it. Kalidurga Apr 2016 #5

The 538 aggregate of polls put Hillary 15 points ahead. That's not close. pnwmom Apr 2016 #6

Yes. There are widespread descrepancies that favor the establishment candidate. cui bono Apr 2016 #9

Exit polls have plenty of reasons of their own for being inaccurate. pnwmom Apr 2016 #16

Interesting how you dismiss exit-polls entirely ... passy Apr 2016 #17

No, I don't dismiss them. They are imperfect but useful tools, like all polls. n/t pnwmom Apr 2016 #19

It still doesn't explain the numbers I talk about in my post and ... passy Apr 2016 #11

well MFM008 Apr 2016 #2

I'm not talking about mistakes passy Apr 2016 #3

The newly registered could have been balanced out by people moving or dying. pnwmom Apr 2016 #7

So Kings is the only county with people moving or dying? passy Apr 2016 #12

Who "won" NY isn't what really matters. The delegate count is. eomer Apr 2016 #10

Who won New York and by how much is what really matters ... passy Apr 2016 #13

OK, what I was arguing against is the talking point saying it doesn't matter because... eomer Apr 2016 #14

You miss the point Scootaloo Apr 2016 #20

Silly lefties. Unicorns, rainbows and fair elections are just blue sky pipe dreams. Scuba Apr 2016 #8

K&R passy Apr 2016 #15

Disgusting. bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #18

Why do we have to ELECT our Queen? RoccoR5955 Apr 2016 #21

Wall Street anointed her autorank May 2016 #22