Spoonamore 2005: Easy Ways to Change the Voting Results

Computer security practitioner, and Republican, Stephen Spoonamore explains the "forced balance" hack; given 6 of 7 county results, change one so that the grand total (the balance) comes out with your candidate the winner. He gives a classic example used to steal money in the banking industry. What's the 51.6% magic number about? (3 min video).


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Velvet Revolution Interview, 2008.