> Smartmatic accused Rupert Murdoch’s network of promoting a false narrative about the 2020 election
I can't wait to see the evidence. That'll prove that the devices are auditable. They are, right?
If anyone in government really wants to have a notable legacy, here's how: petition the USDS to create an integrated open-source election system, and get people like Matt Blaze and Harri Hursti to run a red team against it.
Enough with the foreign companies creating and operating black boxes. Enough with the smears against people who call for entirely reasonable verification while we have absolute top-tier experts regularly showing us that these systems are deeply flawed. Make elections trustworthy.
What makes you think people will accept The One True Machine from the feds is any better?
Source code. If they don't like it, they can audit it themselves.
How will they know the source code they're reading is what's on the machines?
An important part of elections is for people to understand and trust the process. Paper is easy to understand; you and a bunch of your neighbors counting paper votes is easy to trust. Maybe mix in a machine to speed up the process that is also verified by hand.
Yet I can't help but think nothing will convince those who so easily believe in a vast conspiracy to alter election results spanning multiple states with different political leanings and cultures.
Microsoft has a project that seems to work in this direction: