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[–] Jammer78 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I am of the opinion that software should be used for speed of results and convenience ONLY. The official tally should always come from paper tabulations, added from mechanical counters. Copies of all papers made and storied locally. Then if the computer result doesn't equal the official result, you have a paper trail to find the error. This is simple addition not anything you need computers for.

I will never trust any software even it is "open source", because how can a poll-watching observer look at a computer and know what computer code is running on it? Ok so you bring up an interface that gives you the code -- what if that is a fake interface giving you the wrong info? What if there is a chip soldered on the board that overrides the software?

So I respect your analysis but you are overthinking it way too much. Any computers touching voting results should be unofficial only.