[ale] Voting machines

[Adrya Stembridge]

Is there still a lingering belief that Georgia's election results
(specifically) are suspect?  The Carter Center independently oversaw the
election and hand paper recounts and found zero evidence of fraud.  The big
question is in light of what evidence is available, should we distrust
Georgia's new voting machines going forward?

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 10:16 AM Bruno Bronosky via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Yeah, I don't think we should engage it support or position to political
> candidates or parties on this list. We have, however, discussed policies
> since it's inception. We have always limited those policy discussions to
> what is relevant to Open Source software. I would like to think that we can
> ignore the candidates and come together around the idea that transparent
> and accurate elections are essential. As "software socialists" I don't
> think any of us are likely to find a politician* we would feel justified in
> advocating** for to this audience (**which is what we all want to avoid).
> For that reason I don't think we need to be afraid to discuss voting
> technology.
>
> * I've never heard of a major politician insisting that any software
> purchased by the government is owned by the tax payers and that at a
> minimum we should all be free to run it, but ultimately we should also be
> Free to exercise the 4 Freedoms of Free Software.
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 10:24 PM SpaXpert, Inc. <spaxpert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's the biggest hot potato of the century Bruno.  I get it that nobody
>> wants to speak up because that could cause a huge political divide amongst
>> the ALE group. We really don't need this discourse as we all seem to get
>> along here with our problem solving and missions in mind.
>> Take care man.
>> Doug
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 11:16 PM Bruno Bronosky via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I know this used to be a big issue with this group. I'm surprised
>>> there's no talk of it now.
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