I was just reading another article on the possibility of our election being hacked. It caused me to remember an interview I saw two or three years ago. The guy was a government expert on computer security. He probably came closer to the truth than anyone else I ever heard. He talked about how cars, home appliances, power plants and yes, ComEd’s smart meters could be hacked.

The major discussion was the possibility of someone affecting an election by hacking. He said the official answer is over 99% secure, There is no system that isn’t hackable. Even air gap systems (meaning not attached by wire or WI-FI.) can be hacked if another device is temporarily attached and then connected to another system not air gapped. A 99% secure system means it is secure from the average hacker but not experts in the employ of certain countries and groups.

He said no system is completely secure but our computer system of voting and reporting is mostly secure. He said our defense is the tens of thousands of voting districts around the country. I would have asked him one question. Since the winning of the electoral votes of just a few states is required to be President and a few votes in several of those voting districts can sway the state, do you think it is still nearly impossible? Changing 30 or 40 votes a district between the two front runners could do it. It would be so easy!!

Maybe the old paper ballot manually counted and phoned in is the only system secured from hacking. A few dead voters are better than Russian’s or Chinese deciding the winner.