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As I recently said to a friend: "I fucking hate being right."

And he said "I fucking hate you being right."

(he was never in disagreement, he just still had a sliver of hope)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

I’ve been against electronic voting in the USA for years. Many states, especially the so called battleground states, rely on these for the most of the results.

Direct Recording Electronic voting machines are less common now, and DRE machines without voter verifiable paper receipts are even less common. Here is a state by state list. Louisiana is the only state with statewide DRE without paper verification. The other states that permit precincts to use DRE without paper are Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma (only for those in need of assistive technology), Tennessee, and Texas. So that's one state that uses totally electronic voting statewide, 5 states that permit it in some instances, and 44 (plus DC) that prohibit electronic voting without a paper trail. And none of the states with DRE and no paper trail are swing states (although many have swing districts).

I think it was a bigger problem before, but is getting phased out.