The safeguards come from citizen involvement. Both parties need to check the code. You can't sit home and expect everything to go fine. Furthermore, manual recounts have lots of human error. If I were deciding, I would find a way to contract with banks and use the ATM's, because they are going all of the time . The whole idea of setting up for one day with temp workers is fraught with all kinds of problems. But it is not the machines. that is just Luddite thinking. Every Dem objection increases the potential for fraud. I heard about the 27 counties, and frankly, I am holding my breath. I will not be surprised if there are indictments, arrests and revisions of results after investigations to certify election results.