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posted ago by RatioInvictus ago by RatioInvictus +6939 / -0

I knew the moment that I compared voter turnout in CO and found that primary voter turnout from 2016 to 2020 increased by over 140% despite population increasing less than 5% that something was off. Now, I'm digging into all the connections, but it's a lot.

The more I dig, the more shit bothers me.

E.g.

All of these companies' employees, BTW, donate almost exclusively to ActBlue, Biden, Warren, etc, though some hide it (e.g. Monica Childers donated and the FEC log says she said she was unemployed, but her LI profile said she was employed by Democracy Works in that same timeframe).

Anyway, could use some help.

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Klyuchak 0 points ago +5 / -5

The catch 22 with open source voting software is that nothing is unhackable, and then anyone has the ability to tamper with elections.

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SinisterCharade 1 point ago +6 / -5

That’s a typical misconception. By making it open-source, people figure out the vulnerabilities in advance so the developers can fix them. That’s why Linux is more secure than proprietary systems, like Windows and MacOS.

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Klyuchak 4 points ago +5 / -1

Windows and MacOS priotize ease of use over security. There has to be a balance between security and ease of use, and the reason Windows and MacOS are so much more popular are because most people are perfectly fine with less security for somthing they can easily use. The design goals of a voting system are very different, and there are plenty of unsecure open source distros too.

I would argue the some of most secure Operating Systems are the ones you've never even heard about, but that of course has it's own catch 22

But anyway, I don't think we should be using ANY software, open source or not for somthing we are more then capable of doing with pen and paper.

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