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Home Front: Politix
WSJ's Noonan: We Need Paper Ballots To Combat Russian Hacking (video)
2018-02-13
[Real Clear Politics] I would say, here's my big concern. We are, as we all know, a deeply divided country. We have these partisan fights, they're very rough and tough, this side watches this, the other side watches this, we're not in the same information flow. One thing that could damage this nation terribly is having a national election where the outcome is unclear because we got hacked.

The states is a national election. By the year 2020, right away we should start saying, "You've got to go paper ballots." We'll figure out all this internet magic, technological stuff, but for now, paper ballots in America so Ohio knows how it voted.
Posted by:Besoeker

#17  Make it so that after a cut off, no ballot boxes 'found' will be counted. Every ballot should have an inked thumbprint of the voter on it. Voter Fraud is treason and the penalty should be death. NO matter what the level of it.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2018-02-13 16:24  

#16  And absolutely make it a felony to vote more than once.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-02-13 14:19  

#15  S. Thaick9166, good point. Push for scantron style ballots and have folks sign corrupted ballots before they get a second one.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-02-13 14:19  

#14  Where are the blockchain peddlers on creating a secure tamperproof voting system?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-02-13 13:45  

#13  "Give me that box of chads. I'll keep sticking them on with spit while you keep recounting."

Hmmmm.
Posted by: S. Thaick9166   2018-02-13 13:08  

#12  Absolutely use this issue to push for paper ballots and ID in 50 states. Do it while the iron is hot.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-02-13 12:56  

#11  #1 Won't stop the evil Russians from coming right into the polling places. We need positive Voter ID as well. They must be STOPPED ! Posted by: Besoeker

Yep, we need photo ID to keep the Mexican government from interfering in our election process. Mexican nationals are actually encouraged to interfere by our friendly Democrat National Committee and even the former POTUS.
Posted by: Tennessee   2018-02-13 12:51  

#10  Uhhh, Peggy, check again.

The only proven hacking of the election was an attempted entry into the Georgia electronic voting system. The IP address of that attempt was from a computer within DHS. That bit of information should have been followed but after the sycophant Secretary of DHS said it had to be a mistake, it was conveniently dropped.

I wonder how many other state election systems actually reported attempted entries from DHS? Or didn't report because they knew what was going on?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-02-13 11:19  

#9  Peggy Noonan, the font of conventional D.C. wisdom. I love not reading her stuff.
Posted by: Raj   2018-02-13 10:01  

#8  ACORN showed that paper does not deter corruption. You can outlaw murder, robbery and rape, but unless you ruthlessly enforce penalties, you can't suppress the activity.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-02-13 09:11  

#7  Heck, we need paper ballots to combat our own> hacking.
Posted by: gorb   2018-02-13 08:52  

#6  Then of course there was the help that JFK got from da Mayor back in '60.


Such fun times.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-02-13 08:50  

#5  Show me a computer system, counter and I guarantee it can be hacked from in or out.

Missing ballot boxes got Lyndon Johnson and Al Franken elected. Burgers as always have some great ideas.

Paper ballots, voter ID and the purple finger would likely remove the DNC from half their major strongholds. Which is exactly why the Dems don't want them.
Posted by: Woodrow   2018-02-13 08:19  

#4  'Ricahrd'

Need coffee.........
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-02-13 08:13  

#3  If we could keep the elections folks from stashing/destroying paper ballots from districts known to be in opposition to their intended candidate, that would be good too.

The purple thumbs would keep some of the 'traveling voter element' in check, depending on the integrity/diligence of the polling place workers that is.
Posted by: Mullah Ricahrd   2018-02-13 08:12  

#2  And Purple Thumbsâ„¢ as well?
Posted by: magpie   2018-02-13 05:27  

#1  Won't stop the evil Russians from coming right into the polling places. We need positive Voter ID as well. They must be STOPPED !
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-13 05:27  

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