> Shouldn't the software be public too? If voting machines are here to stay, the public ought to be able to see what code they're supposed to be running, no? Y

> Shouldn't the software be public too? If voting machines are here to stay, the public ought to be able to see what code they're supposed to be running, no? You'd hope so, but governments just contract out to companies that build the machines and software, and those machines and software remain proprietary IP of the companies that built them.