Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024
Are Milwaukee vote tabulation machines connected to the internet?
“Tabulation machines are not connected to Wi-Fi and the idle speculation suggesting they are vulnerable is simply incorrect,” Mayor Cavalier Johnson on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.
For years, the city has used flash drives — thumb-size data-storing devices — to transmit results.
restartedCity election officials said there was no indication any of the tabulators had been tampered with.
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Sources
- X Mayor Cavalier Johnson post
- X Alexander Shur post
- Milwaukee Election Commission Central Count Tabulator Results Procedure
- Wisconsin Watch Wisconsin election: Milwaukee to recount thousands of ballots
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