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posted by mrcoolbp on Friday April 24 2015, @11:50PM   Printer-friendly
from the never-trusted-those-things-anyways dept.

From the Wichita Eagle:

A Wichita State University mathematician sued the top Kansas election official Wednesday, seeking paper tapes from electronic voting machines in an effort to explain statistical anomalies favoring Republicans in counts coming from large precincts across the country.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by mth on Saturday April 25 2015, @10:31AM

    by mth (2848) on Saturday April 25 2015, @10:31AM (#175018) Homepage

    If the paper trail can be inspected by each voter at the time of voting, malware changing what is printed will be caught on the day of the election. I don't know if the voting machines that were used were designed to show the paper version to the voter though.

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