Polling Machines Easily Hacked

[tallorder]

Content source

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/15/virginia-hacking-voting-machines-security

I'm sure we've all wondered about the 'security' of polling machines and if it is possible to change the tally.

Touchscreen voting machines used in numerous elections between 2002 and 2014 used “abcde” and “admin” as passwords and could easily have been hacked from the parking lot outside the polling place, according to a state report.http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/15/virginia-hacking-voting-machines-security

 

[frogboy]

That is so wrong that is so easy to manipulate the voting system.

 

[tallorder]

There could be relative safety in voting, and our Government could see to it: why isn't this a 'critical infrastructure' issue?

 

[Paul B.]

Because some people in power like it this way?

 

[tallorder]

Yes, some people in power like it that way... then, there are no surprise outcomes at election time! Some powers know exactly who will be the next...