In summary, nothing I've seen alters my general assessment (which is fairly mainstream):
- US election systems do have technical vulnerabilities, and we should definitely continue to work to make these systems better.
- There is, fortunately, no credible evidence thus far that technical vulnerabilities have ever actually been exploited to alter a US election outcome.
Matt Blaze
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