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by zkldi 493 days ago
Extremely misleading title.

The software in question is the winning entry in a hackathon from 2020: https://github.com/DevrathIyer/ballotproof

Inside that repo they have a script called `generate.py` which generates ballot test data.

Look at it for yourself: https://github.com/DevrathIyer/ballotproof/blob/master/gener...

It's a ~100 line python script that generates some test data. The last commit on is as naive as "hope this works".

What a horrendously misleading title. It's just some kids making something with OpenCV to scan images. Ridiculous.

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Circumstantial evidence is still evidence.
Where there is smoke, there is fire. And Trump has been boasting about hacking the election, if some Twitter screenshots are to be believed..

This looks a bit thin and a bit far-fetched, but, then again, it might be the beginning of some proof.

If there was fraud, it's hard to believe they managed to cover all their tracks. So let's archive and save the possible clues we can find, and maybe, one day, we will have an answer.

All these replies trying to justify the title... absolutely bonkers. Should be ashamed.

Literally has nothing to do with faking data, hacking data, changing data or trying to influence any outcome whatsoever. The title is 100% not what his code is about.

But yall keep on trying to fit a square peg into a round hole and wonder why no one cares about your outrage.

Use it on something legitimate, not something 100% made up.