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Re:Mob justice is trampling democratic discourse by Ajedi32 on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:06PM (#28372136)
Sure, why not? I have no problem with counting machines that aren't actually used to produce the official count.

Doing manual counts only when it's close isn't good enough though, as that leaves you open to a vulnerability where the attacker simply arranges for it to not be close.

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Re:Mob justice is trampling democratic discourse by b3morales on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @10:06PM (#28375760)
> a vulnerability where the attacker simply arranges for it to not be close.

That attack, for state and federal elections, involves falsifying multiple independent organizations' poll results, including exit polling on the day of. Otherwise the "not close" results will not be credible and they will be investigated.

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