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		PoignardAzur on Aug 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DEFCON found vulnerabilities in voting machines–bu... Counting methods that work for a population of 60 millions will work for a population of 300 millions. It's not like counting votes is a O(N²) problem.

nebula8804 on Aug 17, 2024 [–]

When you have ballots that have multiple questions on it and different amounts for each state, it scales linearly.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-184ssFce4&t=1578s

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