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.

It’s gotta be a distraction from gerrymandering and other more provable fuckery
Yes. Exactly. Votes are counted accurately, and then carefully grouped (gerrymandered) to prevent public opinion from influencing the planned election outcome.