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Superstorm Sandy, Voting Machines and Stealing the Election
It's been only a day since Superstorm Sandy made landfall. We look at the damage and what the future might bring. Also, challenges to the integrity of electronic voting.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenIt's been less than a day since Superstorm Sandy made landfall. We look at the current damage and what the future might bring. Also, challenges to the integrity of electronic voting. Some computer experts say they're more than conspiracy theories.
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In this episode
2 storiesTaking Stock of Superstorm Sandy
Millions of Americans are feeling the brunt of one of the worst storms ever to strike the East Coast. Sandy is making its way across Pennsylvania toward Canada, after leaving a trail of destruction and death along the East Coast.
Read the story8 minCould Voting Machines Steal the Election?
In the year 2000, "hanging chads" on Florida's paper ballots put the presidential election in doubt. Two years later, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act , or HAVA, which provided federal subsidies for states to buy electronic voting machines that don't use paper at all.
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