When problems have self-evident solutions, but the solutions are not adopted, you have to wonder why. We have known for years that paper ballots provide a barrier to hacking. Way back in 2000 I was in charge of a polling place in San Anselmo, California. Voters were handed a paper ballot which they marked. They then ran the ballot through a scanner. The results were available immediately after the polls closed, but if there was even a hint of a problem, the paper ballots could be examined and counted. They had been deposited in a bin underneath the scanner.
Even if somehow someone tampered with the scanner, we had a paper record of the votes. That was 18 years ago, and we are still debating how to prevent hacking of our elections. Instead of adopting a simple technology, Republicans in state after state are focusing on in-person vote fraud, a non-issue. It is so painfully obvious why they are doing that.
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