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The HAVA [1] legislation was extremely misguided and IMHO designed to create an industry where none was needed to line even more rich pockets. Ostensibly it wa
by r00fus 4y ago
The HAVA [1] legislation was extremely misguided and IMHO designed to create an industry where none was needed to line even more rich pockets.
Ostensibly it was done to support disabled (blind) folks to vote without anyone else seeing their ballot, but has introduced a massive potential for fraud (lack of paper ballots originally) and distrust (can you verify your vote?) in the process. MAGA just took that distrust and weaponized it.
[1] https://www.eac.gov/about_the_eac/help_america_vote_act.aspx https://www.eac.gov/about_the_eac/help_america_vote_act.aspx