Resident urges county audit of voting machines, alleges embedded algorithms can alter votes

A resident told the York County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 29 that voting machines may contain algorithms that can change votes and urged the county to pursue administrative audits or hand counts rather than relying on courts.

"It's like an octopus," the resident said, arguing that algorithms in machines can shift votes among parties. He referenced hearings and actions in other states — including Ohio, Arizona and Texas — and said officials there had clashed with state election authorities. The commenter asked the county to consider administrative solutions and to be prepared to request manual counts at the county level when machines appear to produce anomalous results.

The commenter identified some outreach he had attempted to state officials and said he had written the attorney general and the secretary of state, and had asked local legislative committees to review machines. He urged the board not to "stay in the court system" but to act administratively when possible.

Commissioners did not debate the substance of the allegations on the public record during the excerpted portion of the meeting. The transcript records an extended statement from the resident but no response from election officials or a motion to audit machines during the portion provided.