Recent hacks raise the question of whether attackers could actually impact an elections outcome. Some possible ways of carrying this out, like hacking electronic voting machines, have been discussed extensively. But hackers dont have to change or delete votes to influence an election. They could also change the poll results by hacking polling companies and changing the polls. This is an opportunity to present these possible situations to the security community and, by freely talking about them, ensure that voting goes as smoothly as possible on November 8.”]