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    All true, and this was a big issue/complaint in the GA elections recently, and clearly a problem in FL with the ballots in the trunk, etc.

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    I am not an expert, but have been a poll watcher. Mom is an election official.

    Our state has automated poll books, but generally uses scantron paper ballots and also has voters sign off on printed precinct books. Political parties can nominate observers to precincts and the main county count rooms. Guess what? The system is pretty secure.

    The major issues came out in Bush v. Gore, where a Democratic county in South Florida was a disaster - floating chads and such. Also, a huge amount of the voters there were between imbeciles and idiots, appearing to be unable to complete a very simple ballot. There was also the Voting Rights Act stigma in the south and for Florida, which meant there was both US Dept. of Justice and assorted plaintiffs bar ready to sue over election issues.

    The 2000 aftermath was more federal funding for elections, as certain urban areas had not been adequately funding their responsibility. That led to all sorts of “free” money that was generally not being spent on more staff, but the easy button of new machines/technology to speed up vote tallying. For the millions of people who got the OPM letter, government and cyber security are two things that never co-exist, then or today. At the state level, the Feds look like cyber experts compared to the disaster windchill was states like Illinois.

    Gov. Schwartznegger ordered a cyber security survey of California voting systems 15+ years ago and found them a disaster. The systems still suck, even though the vendors occasionally patch holes. Then jackass states like Oregon decided to have everyone vote by the Internet... There is a reason the Russians have been pushing the cyber election hacking narrative, as it is a great theme to stir up folks on both sides.

    Both Republican and Democratic states have cyber voting issues, but likely it is worse in the Blue states. The problem is the nation’s elections are going to keep coming down to the dozen Purple states again and again - Florida, Pennsylvania, et al need to get their game in order.

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