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by Natsu 3489 days ago
This has come up in many of the related threads -

"Demographics, Not Hacking, Explain The Election Results"

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/demographics-not-hacking...

That aside, we should, of course, work on securing the vote.

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Oh, definitely. I don't mean to imply anything about hacking wrt this election. (Did I?) Frankly I generally don't go down those rabbit holes too far because securing the vote is motivated by ensuring a trusted process, rather than any particular rumor or incident. I'm happy to leave the investigations for incidents to others. They're important as well, I just don't have skin thick enough to handle the partisanship.

I added these links here because the same points get hashed and rehashed in every thread, rather than building on the work that's already been done and figuring out what the next steps should be. (I admit that rehashing is a pet peeve of mine.)

As you note, securing the vote is important. A secure vote and trust in the election process is very important to a democracy, and something that continues to come up for a variety of reasons, and something that can easily be supported by anyone interested in democracy, regardless of party affiliation or political persuasion.