To prove integrity of the electoral process or conversely to steal an election. Computers can be programmed to deliver whatever the programmer desires as outcome.
If you took Computer Science 101 at University, you completed the course with a program that manipulated data to give a totally different looking result from what you entered. The purpose of an internal command is to create pre-determined output.
Any check-run auditor can tell you that part of the process for ensuring accurate payments is manual verification of each run. The auditor manually calculates the total and compares it to the computer total to make sure that the program is correct and the output matches the input. “ The proof is in the pudding. “
I don’t think computers should be legal to use in an election for the very reason that internal commands can take reams of input and come out with output that is not correct without the user knowing unless the run is auditted.
I am no computer genius but I just wonder what checks and balances are in place with election computers. I’m not saying that computer elections are rigged but I wonder about opportunity. Who is guaranteeing the accuracy of the count?
If you took Computer Science 101 at University, you completed the course with a program that manipulated data to give a totally different looking result from what you entered. The purpose of an internal command is to create pre-determined output.
Any check-run auditor can tell you that part of the process for ensuring accurate payments is manual verification of each run. The auditor manually calculates the total and compares it to the computer total to make sure that the program is correct and the output matches the input. “ The proof is in the pudding. “
I don’t think computers should be legal to use in an election for the very reason that internal commands can take reams of input and come out with output that is not correct without the user knowing unless the run is auditted.
I am no computer genius but I just wonder what checks and balances are in place with election computers. I’m not saying that computer elections are rigged but I wonder about opportunity. Who is guaranteeing the accuracy of the count?
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