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Thank you. I like HN because the community is a lot nicer than others, but it’s frustrating being drive-by downvoted when you just asked a genuine question. It
by colejohnson66 7y ago
Thank you. I like HN because the community is a lot nicer than others, but it’s frustrating being drive-by downvoted when you just asked a genuine question. It reminds me of other online communities where people just downvote because you said something they disagree with.
- elicash 7y agoThe only thing I want to add to this discussion is that even though there's no evidence any nation has ever hacked into our voting machines, we still need a paper trail. It could absolutely happen. We have over 3000 different voting systems - one for each county. Some counties are staffed better than others. They use different types of machines. In some ways, that's a strength. But in others, it's a weakness. There should really be much more discussion of the issue nationally and what needs to be done.
- colejohnson66 7y agoOh for sure. The issues with all digital elections are well known (in the tech community), but the governments ignore us. I think Russia was a wake up call for a lot of people that hacking our results is a real possibility, but it sadly wasn’t enough. Thankfully(?), Georgia (the state) is in the middle of some lawsuits (somewhat) regarding their lack of a paper trail in their elections.