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Re:Soon all the voting machines in U.S. will be powered by F... by redis_mlc on Sunday August 25, 2019 @06:51AM (#20792272)
No irony, you just don't understand the complete picture. I wasn't offering my opinions, I was reporting on what the press had previously written.

Most press on dieselgate was superficial, but there were a few articles that went deeper into why diesel and why mfgs. rigged exhaust tests.

The actual origin of dieselgate was government regulations incentivizing diesel use in Europe for misguided emissions reasons.

A related factor is that mfgs. can apply fuel economy improvements from one model to other models based on percentage.

Regarding voting machines, city and state councils would not budget for new equipment without a good reason. That's why ADA seems like the most compelling reason from what I've read.

Under "Voting Systems Standards" in the link below, an electronic system is required with multiple language support under ADA:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-107publ252/pdf/PLAW...

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Re:Soon all the voting machines in U.S. will be powered by F... by danso on Sunday August 25, 2019 @08:04AM (#20792485)
> The actual origin of dieselgate was government regulations incentivizing diesel use...

Dieselgate is about a specific scheme designed to bypass regulations. Your reductive reasoning makes as much sense as saying "it's superficial to think of Watergate as anything else but the byproduct of democratic elections"

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