Not buying it.
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Replying to @musepolsci @BrendanNyhan
A decade of peer-reviewed research by many, many separate experts from top universities converges on what I said.
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Replying to @zeynep @BrendanNyhan
that our voting system is a mess? yes - we knew that prior. Ergo that the election is therefor rigged for Trump? no.
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Replying to @musepolsci @BrendanNyhan
That's not the ergo. Not what I said at all. Voting machines are laughably insecure; not trusting them is sane.
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Not a small mess:code isn't externally audited; malware not checked for; every attempt to hack them succeeds, etc.
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Replying to @musepolsci @BrendanNyhan
The problem would persist no matter who won narrowly; that said, there is another asymmetry.
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USG repeatedly said "external hacking" "nation-state meddling" etc. Can't blame people for taking it seriously.
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So "resourced-adversary hacking insecure machines" fears are not mirror to "voting fraud" claims.
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Replying to @zeynep @BrendanNyhan
Both of these ideas are mostly whipped into conspiracy level frenzies. at the moment by left who can't move forward.
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The answer to a frenzy is to fix what is actually wrong, not equate it with an actual non-existent issue.
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Replying to @zeynep @BrendanNyhan
ok fair enough. you want to not equate non existent voter fraud claims with flaws in system. I concede.
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Replying to @musepolsci @BrendanNyhan

Yes. One deserves dismissing, the other needs fixing. On same page.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like - Show replies
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