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Electronic votes can be checked statistically after-the-fact through audits, but that's about it.

It's mind-boggling we don't do that already -- most voting districts would need only a few random ballots, and you can gradually increase your sample size and check again before needing to trigger a full recount.



But then you would have to trust the software doing the checking.




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