To me this is not far fetched. I have always wondered this and I stumbled on an article that really interested me. It's a scary but realistic thought.
The article I read was called "The Techno-Voting Nightmare; Digital Vote Corruption-- First California-- then the 2004 Elections." This article claims that polls have been rigged to give the republican who is running 10% more votes than they actually received. Also, that after this program is done it can and will delete itself, showing no evidence of wrong doing. Here is a quote from the article
"As a businessman with experience with software design, creation and support, I know how easy it is to change the numbers a program supplies-- the results-- by manipulating underlying aspects of the software. It's easy to do it so no end user would realize it. It's easy to do it so the evidence of manipulations, like the old Mission Impossible tape recorder, destroy themselves and disappear."
I have heard from many sources that any normal person with little experience could rig a voting machine within hours. Whats really sad is that it says that most states have been corrupted with special interests so if we wanted to go after these companies its nearly impossible. We need to do something about this. It's so easy to believe that the people who are controlling these machines are getting heat to corrupt them. I just have one question for everyone...
What can and should we do. Not only to prove this is happening and reveal the people behind it, but to keep it from happening. Is there a better alternative then electronic voting machines? I know how bad republicans want to keep the top spot, but we will not let them steal it from us again like in 2000. Enough is enough.
Here is the link to the page if you want the full story...http://www.opednews.com/...