You've completely missed the point. 'Hanging chad baloney' was due to an antiquated voting system chosen by a long-incumbent city single-party-run election office....and all the recounts subsequent (by different news organizations) confirmed the result.  The international interference was primarily poor e-mail control by one of the political parties spilling all their dirty laundry....then the media blowing smoke about the same nation interfering that previous executive of same Party had assured us it was silly to worry about! ...The 'manini' items may pale when compared to the opportunities for undue influence and coercion, but nevertheless undermine confidence in your vote being counted.  Mail-in also removes the face to face, being-together in person aspect of precinct voting, removing yet another element of community from the process.