[ale] Voting machines

[Jim Kinney]

The current process with text and QR codes is an improvement. If the validation also includes extensive spot checks that QR matches text, it's a good indicator things are OK. 

I've not seen if that was done but it seems the powers that run the election are trying to get it into an acceptable process.

If the scanner into the bin also included a display with a choice to approve of disapprove the scanning, that would satisfy me the scanner works as designed. If approved, votes are cast. If not, ballot is rejected and some validation testing is done including destruction of ballot and recreation of ballot by voter.



On December 8, 2020 10:21:31 AM EST, Adrya Stembridge via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>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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