I don't think that there is a single program of any size that is bug free. That shows you that even when people have good intentions, computers never work as expected. Now think of all the processes that run on a typical computer. Could one of them be compromised? What if $billions were involved? Would it be impossible?
The fewer steps that are involved in the counting process the fewer possibilities there are to rig the results.
The obvious way to prove conclusively that computers are not influencing the results is to not use a computer!
Exactly so. Never trust a computer!
I don't think that there is a single program of any size that is bug free. That shows you that even when people have good intentions, computers never work as expected. Now think of all the processes that run on a typical computer. Could one of them be compromised? What if $billions were involved? Would it be impossible?
The fewer steps that are involved in the counting process the fewer possibilities there are to rig the results.
The obvious way to prove conclusively that computers are not influencing the results is to not use a computer!