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I thought about this for a second, and I don't actually think being open source would do any good. It's not like we can compile and run our own voting booths. There's no way to know what's actually running in the machine at your polling place.
And voting machines are publicly owned, but perhaps you meant designed and manufactured by the government?
What? Its for authenticity and verification purposes not to pull your own down, compile, and run it. Voting Machines are not publicly owned. Specifically, they are owned by public companies and corporations who run them. Like Dominion just got bought out to be Liberty Vote.
Pretty sure they're typically publicly owned. Maybe some places lease them. Couldn't find a national survey, but here's at least one example of a county that bought some machines and a service contract.
https://fm.kuac.org/elections/2025-03-10/assembly-fails-voting-machine-contract-may-force-change-to-hand-counting-ballots
Maybe a car fleet is a good example. Ford designs and builds the cars. Counties buy them, and often buy service and maintenance contracts to keep them running. The counties still own the cars.
I suppose counties could receive the source code, have it audited, and then compile and load it themselves.
When I went looking instead of thinking I just know this is what I found:
https://www.eac.gov/faq/may-state-or-county-rent-or-lease-out-its-voting-systems
Your car example is on the nose and expectedly I am wrong. I'm just wondering what we need companies like Liberty Vote for now. Why have the middle man in the machine?
Not the designed and manufactured by this current government tho.... Fucking corrupt as fuck
The machines would be audited so we would know what's actually running on the machines...