On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:42:11 -0500, wrote:

but any time a computer is exposed to the "wild" (i.e
connected to a public network) the possibilty of hacking cannot be
totally discounted.

I doubt these computers are internet connected. Usually the little
network they run on is just wire in the polling place and air gapped
from anything else.
I still think anything without a paper trail will be suspect, valid or
not.