During the 2000 election, the Diebold electronic voting machines used in many states stored results in an Access database. Kids today wouldn't understand how disastrously insecure that was (Access DBs had an audit table that was manually editable). I have zero doubt that newer machines have similar "flaws" baked in (even if they didn't use Starlink as was reported briefly), making the results absurdly easy to rig.
There's also a huge huge risk of speaking with a master debater (yw). Smart people are everywhere. People who are genuinely good at debating are terrifying to argue with. It's a rabid animal except they have facts and logic and easy to understand, well structured arguments. It's infuriating.