cheese_greaterJun 12, 2025

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.

Show threadfakeplasticJun 12, 2025
There will never be a voting method that doesn’t have accusations of conspiracy, because the accusations are the point.
Show threadZigguratJun 12, 2025

Pen and paper works pretty well. Everyone who can read/write/count understand how it works and can be appointed as a political/citizen observer.

Moreover, if the count is public (not in the US but it’s the case where I vote) everyone can see the counting and get the number, all it takes is people having 2h to give to their country to help counting or just watch it.

This make fraud almost impossible

Show threadfakeplastic
The point is that accusations don’t have to be logical. Dozens of failed lawsuits proved the 2020 election wasn’t stolen but no one who doesn’t want to believe it will believe it.
Jun 12, 2025 at 7:18pmWeb