The recommendations in Volume I are solid. Now, this is an audit with value.
Especially this one...
4.5 Voting Machines Legislation should be considered that would prohibit connecting tabulators, or the Election Management System Servers or similar equipment from being connected to the internet or any other mechanism that could allow remote access to these systems. Furthermore, County employees should have access to all administrative functions of all election equipment and have sufficient access to independently validate any configuration items on the device without requiring the involvement of any 3rd party vendor.
The recommendations in Volume I are solid. Now, this is an audit with value.
Especially this one...
Any machines that are programmable in any way, even a microcontroller, should be 100% banned.
Paper ballots. Hand counts. Full transparency. Our country is worth the effort.