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by Terr_ 2873 days ago
> IMO Occam's razor ends up here. Electronic voting systems do two things very well: obfuscate the system in a way that is relatively incomprehensible to a layman, and provide plausible deniability in the case of manipulation.

I think if you bring up Occam's Razor you also need:

1. Somebody gets to make money selling crap to the government

2. Somebody in government thinks it'll mean cost-savings