Damien

I think voting machines are a stupid idea anyway.

Paper ballots are much better. There is a much more transparent process for the voter with a ballot they physically mark, which goes into locked boxes which can be observed, which are then opened and counted under supervision. You can see what is happening.

There are some ways you can rig it, but it usually involves ballot stuffing or intimidating voters. It's much more obvious when this is happening to the point that it's being rigged in plain sight and people know it. I.E Russia.

As for miscounting. Yes, it's less precise for a human to count, but who really cares? It's only ever going to be a small variation and only matters for very thin margins, at which point there can be a recount. Even if they get it right or wrong by a few voters, then it was effectively a 50-50 result anyway. It's bad, but extremely unlikely and wouldn't be a huge democratic injustice.

That said, this election obviously wasn't rigged.