I keep seeing comments about how Canada avoided a similar fate because of its strict use of paper ballots; the US must have changed its system to include these electronic and possibly not airgapped machines.

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    2 days ago

    They switched to machines to that

    1. Its easier to create conspiracy theories about “stolen election” even when there isn’t.

    2. If you now rig the election, the losing side (who legitimately won before) will seem like conspiracy theorists for claiming fraud, even if the election was indeed stolen.

    Congrats, the people are now fighting each other while the rich can use the ensuing violence as a pretense to enact more authoritarian laws!