[PragmaticPulp]

> A single person having physical access to the voting machines, months before the election, who has different political views from the Secretary, is enough to make those machines unusable.

According to the article they disabled the security cameras monitoring the machines for a week.

Once someone deliberately breaks the chain of custody on voting equipment, whether it’s electronic or a paper ballot box, it becomes suspect. Not only that, but the machines are now evidence in the investigation, so they have to be set aside anyway.

Replacing the equipment was the only option. There is no perfectly secure voting system that isn’t affected by chain of custody breaks.