In another blow to Trump's "STOLLEN ELECTION" narrative, Republicans have found 4,000 votes that were miscounted — in Trump's favor and to Biden's detriment.

The reporting errors were presumably a consequence of the results tapes not being programmed to a format that was compatible with state reporting requirements. Attempts to correct this issue appear to have created errors. The reporting errors did not consistently favor one party or candidate but were likely due to a lack of proper planning, a difficult election environment, and human error.

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The discrepancies did not affect the outcome of any of the elections, but they did add to a growing list of defeats for Trump’s election lies.

  • bufalo1973@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    The source being open doesn’t mean you can tamper with it. It means you can see it (in this case).

    • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
      2·
      10 months ago

      Did you mean “can’t”?

      Open source lets the general public* audit it to know exactly what it’s doing. So much of the world revolves around layers of secrecy and convenience-trust. Elections should not be so!

      *Or members thereof

        • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
          2·
          10 months ago

          Okay. I think I missed your meaning a bit then.

          Agreed for sure. Open source doesn’t (by its openness) mean people can tamper with it.