You are correct. The Help America Vote Act ended the county by county punch card machines (and other systems) that made software fraud virtually impossible.
However, I don't think that the left or the right foresaw that when they passed the law. I think it's an unintended consequence of a faulty system put into place with good will.
Soros connection to voting machines was circulating by that time already, there were most definitely bad actors pushing things in the right direction.
The real solution was to outlaw mechanical counting entirely. The more people involved in the count, the harder it is to defraud, or "error." Any action taken to reduce the number of people involved only increases the fraud potential of every individual involved, and there had to be plenty of people involved who knew that.
You are correct. The Help America Vote Act ended the county by county punch card machines (and other systems) that made software fraud virtually impossible.
However, I don't think that the left or the right foresaw that when they passed the law. I think it's an unintended consequence of a faulty system put into place with good will.
Soros connection to voting machines was circulating by that time already, there were most definitely bad actors pushing things in the right direction.
The real solution was to outlaw mechanical counting entirely. The more people involved in the count, the harder it is to defraud, or "error." Any action taken to reduce the number of people involved only increases the fraud potential of every individual involved, and there had to be plenty of people involved who knew that.