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Re:Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani by triceratops on Monday January 25, 2021 @04:54PM (#25909452)
> The problem is it - not the lawsuit itself, but the public perception of it - could come back to bite the other side.

That's a valid concern when you're dealing with a good-faith actor. But if voting machines are open-source (which I heartily support), they'll move on to baselessly discrediting something else to shape public perception. The problem isn't the technology per se. The problem is we're not dealing with a good-faith actor.

Re:Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani by HideousKojima on Monday January 25, 2021 @07:05PM (#25910680)
Even if voting machine software is open source, there's no way to verify that's actually the code running on any given machine
Re:Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani by AnHonestComment on Monday January 25, 2021 @05:01PM (#25909530)
No, the problem is the technology as such:

Voting is a system that needs to be simple, transparent, and auditable. The technical solutions are 0/3 and an example of “over engineering” leading to a poor quality solution.

Our current voting system is well below international standards — and it’s because of the technology.

Re:Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani by triceratops on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:46PM (#25910545)
First off, like all the other comments have said already, the systems in question were auditable. They printed out a paper receipt and they verified those by a hand-count.

Second, considering who we're dealing with, it fundamentally doesn't matter. They aren't actually arguing for more secure elections, they're looking for any reason to throw out the results because they lost. If systems were up to "international standards" (I don't know what those are, can you be more specific?) they'll just say they're "liberal commie standards that you can't trust, and we need American standards" or some nonsense like that.

By all means have more secure elections. Just know that it won't do anything in a scenario where the loser claims any result other than their victory is "rigged".