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"But Musk...seems to think that he will succeed where others have failed. The issue isn’t that the system works and has checks in place to prevent [voter] fraud from happening and...that rampant fraud doesn’t happen. The problem, instead, is that an insufficient level of genius has been applied to the problem, and once it is, reality will reveal itself like the blooming of a corpse flower."
By @pbump
@doctorambient what they’re missing is that when it comes to #voting and other political issues, appearances matter.
You can say all day (as the article mentions) that there are hidden protections in place, but that’s little comfort to those questioning it.
Had we more positive confirmations of security we wouldn’t have so many people questioning it.
“Don’t worry about it” is not sufficient answer for the general public.
@volkris I'm not sure that's a fair characterization. I've certainly seen a lot of efforts to educate people about exactly how these safeguards work.
Unfortunately, a lot of people, especially those who insist on voter fraud being both massive and real, are specifically choosing to avoid any effort to understand the system.
Even when people bend over backwards to explain it to them.