There's nothing wrong with changing vote totals as long as they're changed the right way!!!

Redistricting isn't the only way to get what you want

We need a paper ballot that is printed out from the machine after you vote

If everything is purely electronic, it's vulnerable to hacking and changing the vote totals..

Anonymous wrote:The fact that this was able to occur (the purchase) amazes me. Isn't anyone on the lookout for something like this?

I'm all for a return to paper ballots.

I don't care what kind of ballot we use or who people vote for. I only care that the right people count the votes. That's all that matters.

Anonymous wrote:US needs to embargo all Russian linked businesses from this country.

Are you out of your mind?

The fact that this was able to occur (the purchase) amazes me. Isn't anyone on the lookout for something like this?

I'm all for a return to paper ballots.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be more discussion on why the handling of election and voter bulk data has been handed over to private corporations, period. That data should be owned and operated by the state, not outsourced. Giving that power over to private corporations inevitably opens up the possibility for outside private vested interests. Regardless of who can purchase such corporations, Russian or otherwise, this should be of great concern.

I worked for state government for 20 years. They don’t have the expertise. For this type of thing, they must contract with outside vendors.

Or we could just go back to paper ballots. They work and the government can run it. Take the private profit out of our voting!

I'd go for that. It would be labor-intensive. But they did it in the past. They can figure it out again.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be more discussion on why the handling of election and voter bulk data has been handed over to private corporations, period. That data should be owned and operated by the state, not outsourced. Giving that power over to private corporations inevitably opens up the possibility for outside private vested interests. Regardless of who can purchase such corporations, Russian or otherwise, this should be of great concern.

I worked for state government for 20 years. They don’t have the expertise. For this type of thing, they must contract with outside vendors.

Or we could just go back to paper ballots. They work and the government can run it. Take the private profit out of our voting!

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be more discussion on why the handling of election and voter bulk data has been handed over to private corporations, period. That data should be owned and operated by the state, not outsourced. Giving that power over to private corporations inevitably opens up the possibility for outside private vested interests. Regardless of who can purchase such corporations, Russian or otherwise, this should be of great concern.

I worked for state government for 20 years. They don’t have the expertise. For this type of thing, they must contract with outside vendors.

There needs to be more discussion on why the handling of election and voter bulk data has been handed over to private corporations, period. That data should be owned and operated by the state, not outsourced. Giving that power over to private corporations inevitably opens up the possibility for outside private vested interests. Regardless of who can purchase such corporations, Russian or otherwise, this should be of great concern.

Is that how Hogan got elected?

Makes sense now.

US needs to embargo all Russian linked businesses from this country.

I'm surprised there isn't more talk about this. A Russian oligarch purchased the vendor platform back in 2015, and in the 2016 election, the FBI noted some suspicious activity in Maryland. Although ultimately, nothing came of that. Frosh is looking into it now. But it does matter when we have a MoCo race as tight as 80 votes and a Baltimore County race as tight as 9 votes.


"State officials say they were told they were told their voter registration system, ByteGrid LLC, is financed by AltPoint Capital Partners, whose fund manager is "a Russian" and largest investor is Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin. ByteGrid LLC performs a vast array of voting-related functions for the state, including voter registration, the state's online voter registration system, online ballot delivery and unofficial election night results.

"While the FBI did not indicate that there was a breach, we were concerned enough to ask Attorney General [Brian] Frosh to review the existing contractual obligation of the state, as well as asked for a review of the system to ensure there have been no breaches," Miller and Busch said."


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maryland-voter-registration-platform-russian-oligarch/