On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 2:41 PM Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Oct 2020, Christopher Morrow wrote: > > <cough>spof</cough> > > > > the vita folk have a history of 'not really understanding large scale > > compute/network operations' :( > > Reportedly, the VITA data center and Virginia voter registration system is > back up. > > According to VITA, a Verizon fiber was struck during a roadside utilities > construction project near Route 10 in Chester, VA. As network engineers > know, fiber cuts happen all the time due to construction. Malicious cuts > and sabatoge occur, but are rare and usually obvious. Absent clear and > compelling evidence, assume normal stupid reasons for outages. >
sorry I meant that: 1) yes clearly it's still the middle of roadwork/backhoe season, 2) i'm surprised that a single path failure for their production datacenter was enough to take the system offline. 'spof' there meant: "Wow, a single point of failure in their outside plant?" > > There are various long-term structural problems with election > administration across 10,000+ jurisdictions in the United States. A lot > of duct-tape and heroic work needed by election administrators to keep > things running. > > > Election administration in Australia, Norway and Luxembourg tend to score > the best with 10 out of 10 according to international election observers. > > Election administration in the United States of American tends to score > around 7 or 8. There will be problems and delays. Not perfect, > embarrassing and USA should do better. But still a full and free election.