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Then there would be procedures for redress and emergency injunctions that could be made, with enough time to do so.. The situation would have to be unfucked by hand. 'The computer said so' does not overturn election rules.

This kind of scheduling is not critical, because it happens early enough that you can actually correct mistakes with it without compromising the election.

That's the whole point of defense in depth. Compromising this layer does not actually break the system. Because any failures from it are both visible and redressable.



If we can do it by hand... then why not? This sort of thing just makes the elections seem haphazard.




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