US voting machines are failing. Here’s why.
The greatest threat to American voting machines might not be hacking, but old age.
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In 2017, hackers Rick Rolled a voting machine in Las Vegas. Even though the machine was out-of-date and the demonstration didn’t replicate real-life conditions, the stunt brought national attention to an election crisis that has been building ever since the “hanging chad” fiasco that occurred during the 2000 Presidential election recount.
In her story on American election security, ProPublica’s Kate Rabinowitz revealed that many state and local election officials are suffering a funding crisis. Without the money needed to maintain and update electronic voting machines, officials are having to make do with equipment that was manufactured in 2008 or even earlier. At that time, most machines had recently been replaced thanks to the 2002 Help America Vote Act, but few have been updated since.
By isolating machines from the internet and keeping them in secure locations, officials are able to reduce the threat of widespread hacking, but the machines are plagued with more mundane technical problems that states have been slow to address and could have major consequences for future elections.
On the bright side, the omnibus spending bill that was passed in March 2018 allocated $380 million dollars for state election officials to update their voting infrastructure. Whether that money is actually provided and how it will be spent, however, remains to be seen.
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@gracegorman642
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Why are you even thinking about how old the machines are? You should go back to paper and pencil like us here in Australia. Thank you. Bye bye.
@barrroger1162
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Paper ballots and voter ID
@TimHall-y8s
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
make vote by mail mandatory. no connection to the internet. they are paper ballots. and require a sinauture verifcation
@Jeanororman4231
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
the democrats run the machines so now u kno why they want them
@hoodiesticks
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Why was the US voting with punch cards in 2000? That's bizarre
@anonymous-q4j2x
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
It's all rigged.
@ArthurdosSantos
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Well, it seems to me that the problem is in America itself, not in electronic voting.
@roadkillavenger1325
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
They are failing because damnocrats have begun tampering with them. Fact.
@SunbubFTW
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Use a ballot box like Australia? 💀
@johnbaldwin2904
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
It's funny how the vote flipping consistently favors one party. What an interesting anomaly
@wandiletembe
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
👨🏿💻🍿
@detailingdiaries6562
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
In the UK we just use a piece of paper and a pencil. We never have these problems. The pencils don't need passwords or security updates and probably last longer than these computers. Why doesn't the US just pencil and paper?
@toptenguy1
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Did Vox get SUED for 750 Million dollars?
@marz-95
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
hmmm
@nestlesnipes1893
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Voting machines have been working perfectly since 11/3/2020, though.
@Arcturis1
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
This video is a threat to our democracy
@davesmith3892
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Democrats have figured a way to rig voting machines easy to see. If Florida can count 7.5 million votes in 5 hours why does it take Nevada days
@rancosteel
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
There are no standards. There should be one manufacturer and one software program for all the states with paper backups.
@MrsJFJ
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Paper ballots with CPA’s counting.
@pritambiswas7094
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Why don't you have direct digital voter machines .
The world laughing at your redundancy USA
@georgemalley6414
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
The Machines are no different than Congress……they're both rigged and controlled
@FreezeDollar
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Which votes do count?
@ProudTrumpSuporter
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Every since the Democrats rigged a vote in 2016 it seemed really funny how now all of a sudden we got a problem with the voting machines people should have seen that coming though
@ProudTrumpSuporter
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Well how convenient Democrat Party figured out another way to monitor the votes I think they call that cheating rigging the machines I tried telling folks they've got something up their sleeve they're just that corrupt and crooked
@nicksavage4763
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
NOT JUST THE MACHINES
BUT THE ONES THAT COUNT
PAPER BALLOTS HAND COUNT
@sunlynnhatchett3983
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Bro I got Rick Rolled by a news company.
@eddieberrios5626
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
They saying in this video that the machines are failing ? Why? Because trump lost 😂😂😂😂😂
@DangerousBoroDave
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Paper ballots?? . Trump… omg. Or nursing home man? Voting machines aint the problem!
@axelhalbardier8874
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
We all have the right to fail!!
@gustavobulla3166
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
U need to use brazilian vote machines!
@spiritofvincennes
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
Actually, it has been proven that they do have internet connectivity.
@Chicken-h5y
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
I got rickrolled and I’m disappointed
@sagnikganguly4651
March 13, 2026 at 2:31 pm
At least their elections aren't being rigged.
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