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With scanning machines there still is a problem that they can be tampered with and even if you see that the outcome doesn't match exit polls, you don't have any
by codedokode 7y ago
With scanning machines there still is a problem that they can be tampered with and even if you see that the outcome doesn't match exit polls, you don't have any solid proofs to require the manual re-counting of paper ballots.
- beat 7y agoIn most states, if the election is within a certain degree of closeness (like half a percent), it triggers an automatic recount. And that will catch mismatches between the machine counts and the contents of their ballot boxes, unless you also carefully rig the manual recount - at scale. And altering the count more than a percent or so is a LOT of alteration.
- alistairSH 7y agoSibling comment is correct - most states will auto-recount within a certain margin. If somebody hacks a difference larger than that, we have a larger problem (ie, not just a machine or two hacked, but the entire system has fallen apart). And that also brings us back to an earlier comment about driving turnout (or lack thereof) is possibly a larger problem than tampering at the polls. If a party (or somebody acting on behalf of a party) can convince a significant block of voters to stay home, that's more likely to have an impact.