“Could we fix an election? Sure. They would never know it.”

“Could we fix an election? Sure. They would never know it.” “Apparently from testimony following the 2004 election, this computer programmer makes clear UNDER OATH, of how easily it would be for an organization, be it Democrat or Republican, to ‘flip’ the election outcome via a rather simple code. – a code this programmer himself easily manufactured.”

This post was last modified on January 26, 2021

Bonfire of the Absurdities: After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.

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  • As a programmer, I can assure you that it would INCREDIBLY easy to slip a few lines of code in that would store the wrong result. The only way to absolutely ensure that code is good is to make it public, where anyone and his mother can look at it.