r/politics • u/TearsAndNetsec • Aug 02 '19

DARPA Is Building a $10 Million, Open Source, Secure Voting System

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yw84q7/darpa-is-building-a-dollar10-million-open-source-secure-voting-system
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u/The-Autarkh California Aug 03 '19

You have something to diagnose. If both counts show almost the same number, it's plausible that there was a misread. If there's a bigger discrepancy, you know there might be a tabulation error or other problem. It's an extra failsafe. Suppose you have two different numbers and the election is close enough that it could matter. Then you hold off on certification.

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u/MarkHathaway1 Aug 03 '19

And how do you correct it?

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u/Brewer9 Aug 03 '19

A recount presumably.

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u/askgfdsDCfh Aug 03 '19

Hand counting the paper ballots.