It’s cheaper in the short term because these are COTS products. But that’s not a good reason. Voting security should be “zero trust.” We should count votes the same way the Taiwanese, without reliance on technology: https://youtu.be/DUZa7qIGAdo. Voting should be

Super interesting, thanks for the insight.

I'm 100% onboard with transparency and auditablility are table stakes and any methodology that doesn't address those should be disqualified.