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		chiffre01 on Feb 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App Apparently nobody in the DNC has heard anything about electronic voting being inherently flawed. It's astounding they encouraged the use of this app. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/iowa-caucus-a... Who are these people?

donarb on Feb 4, 2020 [–]

It's not electronic voting, it's electronic reporting.

wool_gather on Feb 4, 2020 | [–]

True, but is this a meaningful distinction here? That is, the records are passing through the app, and the output is being used to declare the results. Does the point at which the flow enters the app -- poll workers vs. voters -- change the risk profile?

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