Feds to Recommend Paper Trail for Electronic Votes

flanksteak writes "The National Institute of Standards and Technology is going to recommend the decertification of all electronic voting machines that don't create paper records. Although it sounds like this recommendation may have been in the works for a while, the recent issues in Sarasota, FL (18,000 missing votes) have brought the issue a higher profile. The most interesting comment in the story comes near the end, in which the author cites a study that said paper trails from electronic voting machines aren't all they're cracked up to be."

Comments

Re:Best solution I've seen

[Anonymous Coward]

Because the sharpie can't talk to you in spanish, duh! How else are the armies of catholic latinos and latinas going to vote for the religious right?

Re:Paper voting!

[Dausha]

Because it's harder for Democrats to steal elections with tried-and-true methods. I'd like to know which races involved Democrat controlled electioneering where a Dem unseated a Republican. I guess after trying to steal elections in 2000 and 2004, the Democrats finally got it right.

Go ahead, mod me down. You know I'm right. Democrats prefer judges to re-interpret the Constitution the way they want it to because the can't persuade citizens to vote their way. Why trust a democracy when you can resort to an autocracy?