The exit poll isn’t the canonical vote count. The ballots are. Exit polls are subject to sampling bias or other statistical anomalies. Ballots are not, because there is no sampling. The complete set of ballots is the vote.

A ballot count might not match up with the ballots themselves, but an exit poll would be at most weak evidence of that, especially when the ballots still exist in physical form to be recounted, in plain view of both major parties.

There has long been a disconnect between the politically chattering social classes and the nerds who have been saying the tech here is too easily manipulated.

The “tech” is literal pieces of paper in 44 states, and most parts of 5 more. If you’re complaining about DRE machines, then you should cheer on the fact that they’re being phased out and that they’re only in wide use in 1 out of 50 states.

And if you’re complaining about ballot stuffing then you’re no longer complaining about tech at all, and are talking about the physical integrity of ballot boxes. Go ahead and do the audits there, but show your work instead of complaining about electronic voting.