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Report: White House delaying release of voting machine security study (www.reuters.com)
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[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I think using electronic counting (of paper ballots) can be an acceptable way to speed up how soon we get to know what the result will likely be after the polls close. But it is important that there always happens a manual count, and that that manual count should ultimately be the answer we trust.