Dolemite wrote:
] The facts Harris and others lay out ought to give many
] election officials pause. Touch-screen voting machines aren't
] especially reliable; there are documented cases in which they
] have frozen, broken down and tabulated incorrectly during
] actual, binding elections. They're also not immune to hacks.
] Though voting companies will confidently tell you about their
] myriad security policies, the fact is that these machines run
] software, and software can be tampered with: An election
] result could be changed without anyone being the wiser. And
] perhaps worst of all, the machines and the companies that make
] them are shrouded in secrecy. What really happens in a
] touch-screen machine when you select your candidate? In most
] cases, everything probably goes as it should -- but there is
] no way to know for sure.
]
] Perhaps a little leaning towards conspiracy theory, but
] overall a good look at the problems with purely electronic
] voting machines - meaning those with no audit trail.

whoever wrote this article has obviously never played video poker.