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Detection is much more gnarly than you give it credit. A pretty likely scenario is that one side will claim that fraud was detected, and the other side will den

by im3w1l 7y ago

Detection is much more gnarly than you give it credit. A pretty likely scenario is that one side will claim that fraud was detected, and the other side will deny it. And both side will try to suppress and deplatform each other. Youtube, twitter, facebook will pick a side. And whoever loses will fume with resentment. Maybe they pick up weapons. If they are right that the election was stolen and that fact is suppressed, they will certainly be justified. If they are right - which is a big hypothetical. Because the detection will be drowned in noise.

learc83 7y ago
You're talking a coordinated conspiracy involving thousands of people. The FBI would have hard evidence during the recruiting phase. You can't involve that many people in something and keep it secret. Even in the best case were we don't find out until elections day, an enormous increase in double votes will be all over the news the same day, and arrests will start happening shortly after.
- im3w1l 7y ago
  What about an uncoordinated conspiracy involving thousands of people? Just a single troll with a large audience urging them to cheat?
  - learc83 7y ago
    It's a felony. A felony that requires you to commit it in person at a precinct is a pretty high bar for an internet troll to get people to jump. Assuming some people decide to take them up on it, they have to coordinate or they'll end up voting as people who have already voted. Double voting is very easy to spot and many of them will be arrested at the precinct. Plus you'd need an accurate list of close to 100k dead voters who haven't already been purged (more in a less tight election), and thousands of people willing to drive to the right precincts to match the list. And we didn't know which states would tip the election until election night in 2016, so you'd need to duplicate your efforts several fold. This idea is pure fantasy.

by im3w1l 7y ago

learc83 7y ago

You're talking a coordinated conspiracy involving thousands of people. The FBI would have hard evidence during the recruiting phase. You can't involve that many people in something and keep it secret. Even in the best case were we don't find out until elections day, an enormous increase in double votes will be all over the news the same day, and arrests will start happening shortly after.

im3w1l 7y ago
What about an uncoordinated conspiracy involving thousands of people? Just a single troll with a large audience urging them to cheat?
- learc83 7y ago
  It's a felony. A felony that requires you to commit it in person at a precinct is a pretty high bar for an internet troll to get people to jump. Assuming some people decide to take them up on it, they have to coordinate or they'll end up voting as people who have already voted. Double voting is very easy to spot and many of them will be arrested at the precinct. Plus you'd need an accurate list of close to 100k dead voters who haven't already been purged (more in a less tight election), and thousands of people willing to drive to the right precincts to match the list. And we didn't know which states would tip the election until election night in 2016, so you'd need to duplicate your efforts several fold. This idea is pure fantasy.