[ale] Voting machines

[Jim Kinney]

I think the casting machine security, with paper printed ballot, is no longer a security issue. That has moved to the scanner side. 

On December 8, 2020 1:06:57 PM EST, H P Ladds via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>What is the debate at hand, that we should advocate for OS code running
>voting machines?
>
>Count me as a "meh." Sure, I'm all for having the code open for
>inspection.
>But, is the security of an election truly related to the transparency
>or
>security of voting machines' software?
>
>Isn't any malfeasance in the software incredibly easy to detect? Run
>5,000
>known ballots through a vote counting machine. If it counts them
>correctly,
>what is the issue? In this test, the machine's hardware, not its
>software,
>would deservedly get the credit for the accuracy of the count.
>
>It would be difficult to execute a Chyster/Fiat emissions testing type
>fraud, given the ease with which it can be detected/prevented. The
>evidence
>doesn't disappear into the atmosphere; there is a paper trail. (Please,
>Mr.
>Secretary, tell me that the machines are tested for accuracy before,
>during
>and after the counts! And that the machines don't go into a special
>"testing mode.")
>
>A vote casting machine that maliciously changes votes and literally
>prints
>out proof of the change is destined to meet with considerable
>disapproval.
>If the machine prints out correctly marked ballots, no one is
>particularly
>impressed by the software or reassured that they could review the code.
>
>On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 11:16 PM Bruno Bronosky via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>wrote:
>
>> I know this used to be a big issue with this group. I'm surprised
>there's
>> no talk of it now.
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