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1. opwieurposiu ◴[] No.42208654[source]
This is exactly backwards. Voting software ideally would not be used at all, but if it is used it should at least be open source.

Arguing that voting software should be a secret that only the anointed may possess is anti-democratic in the extreme.

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2. outworlder ◴[] No.42209110[source]
> This is exactly backwards. Voting software ideally would not be used at all, but if it is used it should at least be open source.

Ideally, yes. But you can't have it both ways. Having closed software suddenly disclosed does indeed allow for bad actors to perform analysis and figure out '0 days' without the opportunity to patch.

Opening the source should have been done years ago, way before any elections took place. That allows time for responsible disclosure and any required patching.

I'd like to know what other measures were taken to secure the machines themselves. It doesn't matter how secure your system is, if the machine is physically compromised, all bets are off. I'd also like to know how the data is validated and collected once it's been tallied.

3. 6Az4Mj4D ◴[] No.42210155[source]
In India they use voting machines and there have been many petitions in court to get it banned. Apparently court never agrees and Election commission too.