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by detaro 2051 days ago
An error happening, being discovered and corrected through validation (that at least according to some reports is going to be always done before certification of the result: https://mobile.twitter.com/jhalderm/status/13251633006996480... ) seems like the overall system working just fine? Something to fix (why have the early machine result if it's so easily broken), but doesn't seem that different than someone fat-fingering a number while reporting etc.
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You either have a machine tallying the votes that works 100% of the time during the election. Otherwise, everyone can reasonably question the results from a machine that works 99% of the time.