If we won’t publicly hand count ballots at precincts then maintaining a transparent chain of custody is crucial. Unfortunately, this is more difficult w/ vote by mail than in person voting. I’m told it can be done. We must make it a priority. Peoples’ lives are being threatened.
The difficulty maintaining a transparent chain of custody does not mean that fraud has occurred. It means you can’t prove that it hasn’t. Which is dangerous under current circumstances especially.
America’s foremost auditing expert re vote by mail
https://twitter.com/philipbstark/status/1062145215929204736
America’s foremost auditing expert re Oregon
https://twitter.com/philipbstark/status/1062157099453571072
Harder not impossible.
https://twitter.com/philipbstark/status/892851319379075073
Attacks on vote by mail require physical access to ballots & are hard to scale up. One risk is that ballots can be altered by corrupt insiders after envelopes have been opened. Or they could be tossed in the trash b4 they are opened based on zip code. Again, hard to scale up. 1/
Trump’s China theory re: vote by mail was preposterous as explained by @JimSoper. 2/
https://twitter.com/JimSoper/status/1315035356689887232
The electronic components of vote by mail have the same risks as in person voting. 3/
Before the election, I thought the biggest concern was that ballots wld not be delivered to voters on time or at all. I have not seen numbers published on that since the election. This is not a concern cited by Trump. 4/
Coercion and vote buying are also issues with vote by mail because VBM allows you to prove to someone how you voted. Also not what Trump complained about. Also difficult to scale up. But it’s a real issue. All voting methods have trade offs. 5/
I just think if we pretend there is no possibility of fraud we don’t convince anyone who may be wary of vote by mail it helps to walk through it. As with all methods, audits and a secure & transparent chain of custody between the election & the audit are crucial. 6/
With VBM, there is a risk that someone will vote 4 their mother or for elderly people, etc. Also, hard to scale up this type of fraud. Plus, this is why we have signature match. 7/
Unlike the above forms of attack, hacking of electronic voting components (eg, County central tabulators) cld easily scale up. This is why it’s a greater threat imo. 8/
Vote by mail does give u a #HandMarkedPaperBallot which can be used to audit the electronic components of the voting system (the vote tallying components). It also allows voters to avoid long lines caused by voter suppression and/or bad planning and/or electronic failure. 9/
Vote by mail makes it easy and convenient to vote. I vote by mail myself. 10/
Vote by mail also helps mitigate voter suppression that would otherwise result from the many closed polling places in recent years. 11/
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