- Americans support Musk's removal of the electronic voting machine
- Questions about the e-voting system in the US have been raised after Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election
- D. Trump's election victory has reduced allegations of possible voter fraud
- The exemption in some states from the requirement to show your ID at the time of voting has been the subject of debate
Americans support Musk's removal of the electronic voting machine
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance recently shared a post on his X account announcing that tech billionaire Elon Musk plans to remove e-voting systems from all 50 states and asked the American people if they support the idea.
If Musk's decision were implemented, it would be a significant step towards eliminating vote fraud and fairer voting results in America[1].
The Americans following this post by Vance would also seem to be in favor of such an idea.
"Elon knows, as do I, that the electronic voting system can be manipulated. If any of them go online, they can be hacked. A personal computer can also be sabotaged." - stated one of the users of Platform X.
"Yes, something needs to be done to fix the broken system." - Said another.
Most of those who commented on Vance's post argued that paper ballots should return to the electoral process.
However, some disagreed: "I disagree. However, all votes should be recorded on a blockchain. We should have online access to everyone who votes and their votes."
Questions about the e-voting system in the US have been raised after Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election
After losing the 2020 US presidential election, Republican Donald Trump accused Dominion Voting Systems of deleting millions of votes and transferring them to his rival, Democrat Joe Biden. These allegations relate to software problems in states such as Michigan and Georgia.
In Michigan's Antrim County, it was found that the errors in the original report were due to human error and not to a bug in Dominion's software. The officials corrected the error, and, ultimately, Trump won the county by 2,500 votes. Georgia election officials also confirmed that Dominion's software accurately counted the votes, although reporting was delayed.
Dominion Voting Systems has categorically denied these allegations and stated that the claims that Dominion altered or deleted votes are "100% false". The company clarified that it is a non-partisan US company with no links to "radical left" figures such as Nancy Pelosi or the Clinton Foundation.
However, the election results' fairness was also questioned because, as it later turned out, Americans who had long since gone to Abraham also voted for Biden[2].
D. Trump's election victory has reduced allegations of possible voter fraud
Claims of voter fraud were rife on the internet in the run-up to the US election, but they have significantly decreased since the results came in after Trump won. Both pro-Trump and pro-Kamala Harris supporters shared unsubstantiated accusations, often based, it was claimed, on isolated incidents or misinterpreted data. Malfunctioning voting machines in Pennsylvania, voting problems in Wisconsin, and other local incidents were exaggerated as evidence of fraud.
Unlike in 2020, when Stop the Theft had a big impact, there was no similar widespread movement this time, partly because Harris and Democratic officials did not corroborate fraud claims. Allegations of online fraud peaked on Election Day but faded as the results settled in, although some right-wing influencers and supporters of Harris continued to share denied allegations.
According to the BBC, there is generally no credible evidence that voter fraud altered the outcome of the elections, as the differences can be explained by changes in turnout and voting preferences.
The exemption in some states from the requirement to show your ID at the time of voting has been the subject of debate
Meanwhile, the transparency of the vote has been questioned since the November announcement that Trump would return to the White House, as in some states, voters are not identified at all when they come to vote.
Trump won the 2024 US presidential election with 312 electoral votes, beating Kamala Harris with 226 votes. During the election, unsubstantiated allegations of illegal voting were circulating on the internet but were denied. Voter ID is required in 36 states, while alternative means of verification are used in the remaining states.
Some US states do not require voters to show ID but use alternative means of verification to ensure the security of the electoral process. The rationale behind this decision is to facilitate the voting process and to avoid voters being deterred by strict requirements.
