Seiler, who resigned in protest of the decertification, said he remained confident that the election results were not compromised.
Seiler admitted that it was hypothetically possible for Hysen to have accessed and changed the database containing the votes, but he said that two separate mechanisms logging activity on the database showed that the database had not been tampered with.
Sarafa, who worked with the database last year, said that Hysen could not have changed the outcome even if he had access.
“It is nearly impossible to in any way use the software to alter the results of the election,” Sarafa said. “I’m sure that the candidates know that campaigning is a more efficient way of using their time than trying to manipulate the results of the elections.”
—Staff writer Melody Y. Hu can be reached at melodyhu@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu.