“1 in 3 election officials report feeling unsafe, new survey finds”
To avoid further disaster, officials must make elections much more transparent. Before the election, most election security experts agreed that our elections are not transparent. 1/ nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
To avoid further disaster, officials must make elections much more transparent. Before the election, most election security experts agreed that our elections are not transparent. 1/ nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
I am NOT excusing the abhorrent conduct of Trump & his minions. But I am saying that lack of transparency opens the door to a charlatan falsely claiming that an election has been rigged. I and others warned about this before the 2020 election. 2/
There is safety in transparency. 3/ 
The problem with non-transparent elections is that, even if they are completely secure, there is a risk that people won’t believe you. And if you cannot affirmatively prove they are secure, you put yourself & our country at risk. 4/
Seriously. @philipbstark has been warning that we need evidence-based elections for years. This requires, among other things, affirmative proof of a secure chain of custody. 5/
Some countries don’t have this problem bc they publicly hand counting their elections. America does have this problem bc it uses machines which are inherently opaque. Again, they may be secure, but if u can’t prove it, there is danger. 6/
.@philipbstark, America’s foremost election auditing expert, discussed evidence-based elections with me (and how our current audit laws fall short) here. 7/ nybooks.com/daily/2020/10/…
9/ From 2019
In the vast majority of cases, election administrators are simply following the law when they conduct elections. The problem is that lawmakers have not passed laws requiring transparency, ie, evidence-based elections. 10/
Lawmakers took an unreasonable risk and now innocent election officials and administrators are paying the price bc they did not conduct an evidence-based election. 11/
This lack of transparency has opened the door to wild conspiracy theories AND legitimate concerns about the integrity of the election. 12/
We may not survive another non-transparent election. But unless things change dramatically, it looks like we will have to try. 13/
“The peaceful transition of power is only possible if the supporters of the losing party can accept the results as free & fair. So u need...a hand marked paper ballot” & “risk-limiting audits to convince u & THE OTHERS that the election was..free & fair.” @HarriHursti 3/27/20 14/
“So you need to have a hand marked paper ballot.... And then you have to have a process of [public] risk-limiting audits to convince you AND THE OTHERS that the election was in fact free and fair.” - @HarriHursti, March 2020 15/
16/ Source: time.com/5811109/kill-c…
17/ Personally, I’m leaning back toward thinking we shld publicly hand counting all federal and statewide races. Yes there will be some errors. But fraud or suspicions of fraud (and the inability to know if it occurred or not) is what really freaks people out.
18/ If we don’t do public hand counting at precincts then a transparent chain of custody is an absolute must. Unfortunately, this is more difficult to maintain with vote by mail than in person voting. I’m told it can be done.
19/ We shld make it a priority. Peoples’ lives are being threatened.
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