Thread by @KimZetter

I've seen a lot of misinfo published since the election by well-meaning people who, in trying to counter false election-fraud claims, overstate the current state of election security/integrity. Here's a good piece by experts that lays out the facts👇 barrons.com/articles/elect…

"Even though there is no compelling evidence the 2020 vote was rigged, U.S. elections are insufficiently equipped to counter such claims because of a flaw in American voting. The way we conduct elections does not routinely produce public evidence that outcomes are correct."

"We need evidence-based...processes that create strong public evidence that the reported winners really won and the reported losers really lost...

Currently, only 4 states (Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Virginia) have statutory requirements for risk-limiting audits"

I made similar points in this piece published days before the November general election: politico.com/states/florida…

"The truth is that two decades after the Florida 2000 election... created a rift in the country and four yrs after Russian interference... profoundly deepened that divide, the US lacks satisfactory, uniform mechanisms for resolving questions about elections and verifying results"

"In the absence of mechanisms that support election integrity, the US has largely had to rely on public trust… and acceptance of the results. This has mostly worked out, until now. But this presidential election may be the one where that deficit finally catches up with us."