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Severing the Gordian Knot - Part II
Can voters truly verify how their ballots are counted, or are they being asked to trust a system they cannot see? In this guest column, Clallam County Auditor candidate Virginia Shogren argues that elections have become increasingly dependent on proprietary software, private vendors, and technology that operates beyond public scrutiny. She questions whether transparency has been replaced by trust in electronic systems and warns that citizens are being pushed further from the election process. Shogren contends that restoring confidence in elections will require returning greater oversight and…
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