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Do Diebold machines still cost 3k a pop[1]? You can get 3 high-end scanners at that price. And generally more than one Diebold would be deployed per location ri
by zimbatm 9y ago
Do Diebold machines still cost 3k a pop[1]? You can get 3 high-end scanners at that price. And generally more than one Diebold would be deployed per location right?
Let's say the scanner costs $500 and there are 9999 locations. That's 50M of investment per party that can be re-used. It's a lot of money but it's an order of magnitude less than their campaign cost[2]
[1]: https://www.wired.com/2008/04/the-cost-of-e-v/ https://www.wired.com/2008/04/the-cost-of-e-v/
[2]: https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/ https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/
- vowelless 9y agoWill this be mandatory for parties? Should the green party be forced to bring their own scanners?
- thaumasiotes 9y agoWhy would it be mandatory? It's a way to let parties assure themselves that the votes were counted by a trustworthy method. If they're already satisfied that that's true, then nobody can conceivably benefit by having them bring their own machines.