With the advent of computerized voting machines and software and firmware for touch screen tablets, computer stations and any device that uses a USB drive to tabulate votes, there lies a method to be hacked and manipulated to favor whichever candidate (or other votes) the hacker so desires. There exist many activist groups and individuals which are fully capable of this tactic. Anonymous is one such group. The term is called "hacktivism". Hacktivism is the act of hacking, or breaking into a computer system, for a politically or socially motivated purpose. The individual who performs an act of hacktivism is said to be a hacktivist.
USB and computer drives can be switched out before being submitted The design of the device could be corrupt as well. There needs to be a match to verify votes.



