Voting Machines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
What it is
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on US voting machines, covering how they work, their security weaknesses, and how elections could be made more secure.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in election security threads as a watchable overview of voting machine problems.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“The Last Week Tonight on voting machines was quite something to watch”
Segment on voting machine problems worth watching
cassepipe, 2023-06 · Recommendation · in “YouTube will stop removing false claims of 2020 US election fraud”
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Topics: voting machines, election security, john oliver, last week tonight
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