Doubting Electronic Voting

twitter writes "The NYT is raising the alarm on electronic voting. After citing expert opinion on the need for a paper trail, they then quote election officials and vendors who dismiss that opinion as the ignorant work of dreamers. The reporter titles his article, 'To Register Doubts, Press Here' and seems less than convinced."

Comments

Re:It's not about electronic vote casting.

[Surak]

Several U.S. states already use electronic vote counting, including Michigan. The ballots are filled out exactly as described, much like a Scantron(tm). The twist is *you* are the one who inserts the ballot into the counting machine, so *you* know that your ballot got counted. The machine will immediately notify the poll administrator who's supervising you whether or not there was any kind of read error and inform you that you must darken in your lines better or erase stray marks, etc.

Mandatory Simpsons reference

[stud9920]

Paul Terwilliger, [...], one of the largest manufacturers of electronic systems, said that [...] complaints about machines like his company's were uninformed.

Hey, the guy is related to Sideshow Bob (Robert Terwilliger), who rigged the Springfield elections against mayor Quinby, by having the deads vote. Don't trust him !