<i>as time passes and systems evolve there will be constant pressure from within and without to re-establish a network connection somewhere</i><p>Thank you.<p>Proponents of electronic voting and tabulation (eg central count of physical ballots) enthuse about security, air-gapping, data diodes, etc.<p>Alas, it&#x27;s turtles all the way down. Dig deep enough and you&#x27;ll expose the fiction.<p>Then you&#x27;re in the trap of explaining technology to policy makers, testifying against trained bureaucrats supported by an army of vendor sales minions defending their cheddar.<p>You can&#x27;t win.<p>It&#x27;s nutty making.