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.
The UK has humans count pieces of paper with X next to candidates names.
It’s pretty cheap and it works really well.
And it’s really hard to mess with the thousands of votes needed to swing an election because that’s a lot of paper.
Republicans were against that in 2000, I imagine they still are
Physical votes need to be paired with digital votes so the two can corroborate each other. The paper tickets should be gps tagged, signed for at all times, and remotely monitored, their location backed up in the cloud.
Ensure the numbers are correct with a clear path to find discrepancies.
It’s too easy for a dozen hundred crates to end up in the bottom of a river. Every step needs to guarded against humans doing humanity.
Distribution and logistics are an obvious area AI could/should take over. We already relinquish scrutiny to the “algorithm”.
But that might actually be beneficial to humanity, so don’t hold your breath.
Look up risk limiting audits, there’s ways to do it which doesn’t just mean “throw random tech at it”