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In reply to the discussion: Rigged? Computer Security Experts Urge Harris To Demand Hand Recount [View all]DiamondShark
(1,114 posts)He bought some old 1980s-2006 era voting machines on ebay that did not come standard with a paper trail. His company "hacked" them, then published the results. One thing he forgot to mention in all of his videos, you have to unlock the cabinet or remove security screws, access a hidden serial or USB port, then run commands and uses encryption keys that are reverse engineered from the prior "hacking" of the machines.
When I worked in the county election department in 2016, we had a paper trail for all voting machines and tabulators. We replaced the voting machines prior to 2018 elections, and prior to 2020 we went full paper ballot.
From what I've seen online 98% of the votes were on paper ballots. Most of the rejected ballot, under count and over counts, are still flagged for human review. The process we used in 2016 is the same used today, but they are more thorough. I called my friend last night, she has since retired from the election department, but she said nothing major has changed in our county since I worked with her.