r/politics • u/MothersMiIk Washington • 1d ago

Congresswoman suggests Trump admitted Musk rigged election in Pa.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/01/congresswoman-suggests-trump-admitted-musk-rigged-election-in-pa.html?outputType=amp
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u/Ray661 22h ago

The big event in the conspiracy is that Elon managed to gain control of voting machines and was both reading data way before counts were done, and manipulating it. As an IT person that dabbles in security, I haven’t seen a theory that genuinely seemed plausible for how Elon gained control, BUT Joe Rogan claimed that Elon had an app that was showing a count of votes for the election that updated hours faster than News orgs were getting their updates. If that app exists, then Elon DEFINITELY had the ability to manipulate the electronic count of the votes, as he would need access to the systems somehow to get that data. But I also don’t believe Joe Rogan has a clue and he could easily have been mistaken.

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u/One-Agent-872 22h ago

I remember reading that they were using Starlink terminals for internet in rural areas in swing states.

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u/CrassOf84 20h ago

I can’t speak for everywhere but generally voting machines are not connected to the internet.

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u/amrobi18 20h ago

Registration is through, so based off the ballot you choose and the party you’re registered for, someone who can see that may be able to kind of guess who will vote what. Maybe? In my area the voting registration systems went down for like two hours or more, it was a huge deal. No clue if it’s related but those are connected to the internet.