Something being open source does not mean anyone has even the slightest clue how it is running. People would have to see a read-only view of the active product

Something being open source does not mean anyone has even the slightest clue how it is running. People would have to see a read-only view of the active production run-time in trace/debug in real time to have a clue which of course would not be permitted. All code can be live-patched without leaving a trace by custom firmware or a thumb drive in production to conditionally change behavior on the fly to achieve any means or results. All electronic voting equipment can be tinkered with and any news stories about engineers testifying to congress will be erased for fear of reducing confidence in voting systems. Bribed developers take bigger risks for smaller gains all the time such as wireless front-line support selling or changing SIM information in SIM swaps. Paper trails on the other hand can be verified and secured physically with chain of custody and proper attestation. Paper output can still be designed to be easy scan, verify and re-tabulate. I would like to see the paper trails scanned and uploaded to a centralized block chain so we can see if one of these things is not like the other. I would also like to see higher definition CCTV cameras monitoring the entire voting process and more of those cameras. That should also be uploaded somewhere they can not be tampered with and if a camera goes offline oopsie doopsie it's all hands on deck. Ballot drop-off boxes and mail in votes need to be outlawed and every state needs voter ID.