[–] PhilKDick 0 points 24 points (+24|-0) ago 

Both have in common: the game is rigged against you.

[–] Cat-hax 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

At least its publicly known or assumed with slots

[–] PoBoy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

There's a reason slot machines are also known as reverse atms

[–] irelandLost 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

We spent millions on electronic voting machines in the early 2000s. Think one constituency might have gotten to use them once on a trial run. They’ve been dumped in a shed somewhere ever since cos they’re dodgy as fuck. Convicted terrorists being elected isn’t an especially rare occurrence here, we have abstentionist political parties who won’t even participate in elections and seemingly only exist to cause trouble, but even we won’t use electronic voting machines. We also show ID in order to cast a ballot.

[–] bonghits4jeebus ago 

FWIW all the electronic machines I've ever used, and this includes most of the states generate a paper ballot that the voter verifies and dumps in a box. The sketchy part is the counting and reporting.

[–] irelandLost ago 

And do they count the paper ballot or the machine? If they count the paper ballot what’s the point of the machine, and if they count the machine numbers what’s the point of the paper ballot (they’re hackable, that’s why we dumped ours I think)?

[–] PagingDrBenway 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

Making the comparison makes the whole situation a lot more fucked-up in perspective. The fact that petty amounts of cash are treated with such high security compared to the machines which decide the fate of nations clearly sows what a rigged game politics is.

[–] Thadeus 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Not necessarily when one is on every single day and the other is used 2 maybe 3 days a year.

[–] PagingDrBenway 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

The stakes are far higher to be fair.

[–] bonghits4jeebus 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Nevada gaming laws are setup to protect and promote their industry. It's made to look like consumer protection, but in the end it favors big casinos over consumers and over smaller ones. That's what you get with regulatory capture.

If there were some money to be made in ensuring voter confidence, they'd have better systems.

[–] Apathy 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I remember back when these machines were made by Diebold, who also made ATM's. Apparently you couldn't leave a voting machine unattended/supervised without it being hacked in 2 minutes. Meanwhile ATM's go for weeks or months without anyone even looking at it, and they're never hacked.

[–] JTMTL 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I suspect these machines were used more for profit more than turning elections. Especially in the US where much of the battle line is drawn down the middle. They killed the Golden Goose by over exposing the profitable cheat machines. IMHO.

[–] LOOKAROUNDYOU 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

If the kikes protected election integrity the same way they protected their jew-gold we would be in better shape.

[–] SyncStatus 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

This would have been the perfect title.

[–] 26562317? [S] ago 

It would be the perfect title for half the posts on Voat for the past two weeks.

[–] NEWCON 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Kimberly Guilfoyle?

[–] bonghits4jeebus 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Yeah I remember last time the software in voting machines was controversial.

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