Voting machines are a brisk and effective means of tabulating votes, unlike error-prone humans counting paper ballots. Now comes the next—and only—logical and moral step to ensuring the freest and safest elections while keeping our votes secret and conspiracist bunk at bay: make them open-source.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/07/1089524/open-source-voting-machines-us-elections/

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Trump is now floating the US Federal government taking over the administration of elections from many states and counties.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-republicans-should-nationalize-voting-least-15-places-2026-02-02/

Why would he push for that? Well, because "The dispersed responsibility for running elections also makes it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to rig U.S. elections at the national level." https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/election-administration-at-state-and-local-levels

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