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Politifact agrees with Trump that "hacking" election a "pants on fire" lie

Ballots cast on some electronic voting systems, however, don...
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  02/17/18


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Date: February 17th, 2018 8:37 PM
Author: sickened thirsty spot

Ballots cast on some electronic voting systems, however, don’t have a paper trail, meaning the votes are not verifiable. Hackers could theoretically alter the results. But this would also require a potential wrongdoer to physically access the machines on Election Day and serious coordination to circumvent all the security and auditing measures in place before, during and after voting, said Smith, adding, "There are very few paths in the present scenario to flip something off the radar."

There’s the added security of Pennsylvania law, which mandates post-election vote audits of randomly selected precincts. The majority of precincts in Virginia rely on paper ballots. And Florida, where use of electronic machines is fairly limited to providing accessibility for voters with disabilities, has a Republican governor (Gov. Rick Scott, a Trump supporter) and secretary of state (who oversees elections).

We rate Trump’s claim Pants on Fire.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/aug/15/donald-trump/donald-trumps-baseless-claims-about-election-being/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896287&forum_id=2#35427758)