When and why did the US switch to these voting machines that are the subject of ongoing lawsuits and reports of unlawful "updates"?

https://lemmy.world/post/31257062

When and why did the US switch to these voting machines that are the subject of ongoing lawsuits and reports of unlawful "updates"? - Lemmy.World

I keep seeing comments about how Canada avoided a similar fate because of its strict use of paper ballots; the US must have changed its system to include these electronic and possibly not airgapped machines.

There will never be a voting method that doesn’t have accusations of conspiracy, because the accusations are the point.

2024 Election Results Under Scrutiny as Lawsuit Advances

Judge Rachel Tanguay of the New York Supreme Court ruled in open court in May that the allegations were serious enough for discovery to proceed.

The lawsuit could renew debate about the 2024 election, though it won’t change the outcome since Congress has certified the results declaring President Donald Trump the winner.

It comes amid unconfirmed reports that voting machines were secretly altered before ballots were cast in November’s election. The federally accredited testing lab, Pro V&V, that signed off on “significant” changes to ES&S voting machines—which are used in over 40 percent of U.S. counties—“vanished from public view” after the election, according to the Dissent in Bloom Substack.

newsweek.com/2024-election-lawsuit-advances-20833…

2024 Election Results Under Scrutiny as Lawsuit Advances

A judge has ruled that a lawsuit questioning the election results in Rockland County, New York, can proceed to discovery.

Newsweek