You're correct that "pretty sure" isn't the appropriate standard for an election. However, "pretty sure" isn't the standard any state uses to approve voting mac

You're correct that "pretty sure" isn't the appropriate standard for an election. However, "pretty sure" isn't the standard any state uses to approve voting machines, just the standard I use to post comments on HN. And indeed, I was WRONG. https://verifiedvoting.org/verifier/#mode/navigate/map/ppEquip/mapType/normal/year/2020 https://verifiedvoting.org/verifier/#mode/navigate/map/ppEqu... The dark red category is "DREs without VVPAT for all voters". That's direct-recording electronic voting machines, without voter-verified paper audit trail. The voter enters their vote on a touchscreen and doesn't get to see the paper ballot that records it (and the recording may never be on paper at all). That sucks and I agree that type of machine should not be used. I have to admit I was surprised that those machines are still allowed in any state. My research into the voting machines, thus far, had been focused entirely on the swing states in this election -- because those are where the Trump campaign and allies have alleged fraud. Those are Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. None of those use DREs without VVPAT, and Nevada is the only one that uses DREs at all instead of BMDs or hand-marked ballots with a scanner. But I get your point. After all, a voter in Louisiana who voted for Trump on a DRE could make the (reasonable enough) assumption that the machines are the same everywhere else, and be more susceptible to the claim that Dominion machines stole the election undetectably in Georgia.