Voting are the machines fixed????
924577
Yes!  The voting machines can be fixed.  There was a show on HBO I think last Tues. or Wed. called Hacking Democracy.  It showed how a hacker could alter the vote totals in the memory cards that counted all the votes.  It also showed another arrogant company (Dieboldt), proclaiming it couldn't be done after it was shown to be possible.  There was also a voting machine showing 16,000 negative votes for Al Gore in the last election... and yes it was in Florida.  Dieboldt actually left the program on an open ftp site.  Go to HBO.com, there must be a link.  Old news to some extent, but pretty scary nonetheless.\n\n\n\nOkay- to the 2 thumbs down with blinders on.  Do the research and tell me I didn't see the show.  It's attitudes like that which divide us.
874915
Of course it was fixed. The "voting" is just from the WWE Creative Team, to make it a good storyline, to go with "Cyber" Sunday.\n\nIt is fixed. The matches are determined by the WWE, not us. In fact, our votes do not even count for anything, it is just for the fun of it.
909670
Problem is that regardless of what system you use their is always going to be someone smart enough to figure out a way to cheat it.  \n\nE-machines with paper backup (signed by voter) might be a more reliable system
581926
From the Answers blog,\n\n"Lots of updates today! [Deep breath...] here goes:\n\nSelf-voting: Back by popular demand! The people spoke, and we listened--we've put back the ability to vote for your own answers. The arguments were thorough and far-ranging, from "but you can vote for yourself in political elections" to "sometimes it's the only way I can resolve a question". Thanks to everyone for their input.\n\nImproved layout (see Fig. 1): We moved the search box up to the green bar, and the "My Q&A" link to the right side of the bar. This makes it easier to find both elements, and cleans up the clutter. The points widget was moved to the left side, above the category list, and now shows your avatar when you're logged in!\n\nStats on My Q&A page (see Fig. 2): It's now much easier to see how you're doing, graphically. The new module on your My Q&A page shows the stats of your questions and answers--the questions tab shows the number and percentage of your open, voting, resolved, and deleted questions, and the answers tab shows the number and percentage of your best answers.\n\nNo limit on number of answers: We've removed the limit on the number of answers a question can receive (it used to be 100), so everybody gets a chance to answer the really popular questions. Questions with more than 30 answers will have paging to make them easier to browse and read.\n\nSpelling suggestion on search results page: To give you extra help in finding what you're looking for, we added spelling suggestions on the search results pages. When you type in a misspelled word or phrase, the results page will show the header "Did you mean:", followed by the suggested spelling. Clicking on the suggested spelling will generate another search based on the correction.\n\nLinks to international Yahoo! Answers sites: In the footer of every page, you'll now see links to the five English-language Answers sites.\n\n"Show me another" bug fixed: Now, when you click on the "Show me another" link after taking an action like rate or vote, you will be shown a different question. Previously, you were shown the same question."\n\n\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/y_answrs_team?p=3348
858802
i think with these electronic machines it is possible to rig the elections.it makes me want to puke that the fact our votes aren't even safe is a question.i believe if they can be hacked or tampered with they shouldn't be used.and the fact that both sides in this election are letting this happen is inexcusable and makes me sick.we should have all marched in the streets against these machines and demanded our votes be safe and secure.no wonder some countries in this world think we are a joke.if they do get caught fixing these elections it will be another sad day in our country.the people who are caught should be punished severely.and i don't mean put in a cushy federal prison.i mean severely.
900722
Could be, some of the toss-up states (e.g. VA) are within a thousand votes.  Close enough to count the absentee ballots.
700916
Not at all, the Republican slime and steal sceme was in full force last night as before. One poll worker even physically choked a voter and threw them out! There's one flaw to their plan to steal any election...It has to be close. Otherwise, there's not enough room for 20,000 ballots to fall from the sky. Last night was a tidal wave of Dems, that left no margin for a Republican heist. We still have several voting issues in this country.
639466
I don't think it is fixed, I think so many people thought Chris had it in the bag that they voted for someone else thinking their vote wouldn't hurt Chris but it did.
1122501
Look at Florida. And it still isn't fixed!\n\nAbsentee ballots, exclusionary practices, voting machine tampering, blocking calls for rides, as the repubs plead guilty to in US Federal; District court and many other ways!!\n\nI am sure they are still thinking up ways to defeat the system!
772077
again, i congratulate you on your means of thought, it always makes me laugh.\nonly, those machines never give out any change do they??
943958
We won't know that answer until tomorrow at the earliest.\n\nAbsentee ballots are still coming in and polls aren't quite closed yet on the East Coast. (It is 4.53 mst as I type.)  And many states allow people to vote early.  Those are all counted tonight, even though the people did not technically vote today.  ; )\n\nEdit: I voted last week.  The turn-out in my part of Colorado is great!
932686
My concern remains - what keeps someone from going poll-to-poll and "registering" several times?  I know my polling places don't have a computer link-up to a central database.  Heck - they barely got the touch-screens working.\n\nThis might not be happening right now, but can we guarantee it won't happen?\n\nBut my family is from Louisiana - if you want election fraud, we can give you a Doctoral Dissertation on the subject.
805347
It varies by state, but you should check with your local government.   In some areas, you must re-register if you haven't voted in a specified amount of time.
478060
it was a fixed election    \n \ni live in ohio and oh there was some real politicin here.. a county with a little less than 5000 people lived there and were registered voter.  over 5700 people voted for bush ...? im a little confused  and they said it was a glitch in the automatic voting system
850900
If the computer chips and software in these machines can be programmed to falsely represent the true input, imagine how easy it is to also supply false output on any attempt to validate the actual input.\n\nIn Maine - the only machines used in the voting process are the electronic scanners that read the paper ballots - and any recount is easy because the ballots are real, tangible and available. Certainly not the quickest way - but, assuredly, the one that garners the most confidence in the voting process.
742743
No.  I completed all 540 of my business and residential deliveries.  And then I went home and voted too.  :-)
733446
how hackable is it..?? \nhow do i know my vote is even counted..??\nwe went to this crappy mail in voter system and when i go to the post office to pick up my mail, it seems like theirs as many ballots in the garbage as junky wal mart flyers...says something about the system, doesnt it...???