One key point that is missing with fully electronic systems is recountability. If the system malfunctions and produces an erroneous count, what are you going to do, ask it again? There must be a recountable physical token (i.e. printed "receipt" of the vote) that can be used in a recount if need be. Existing commercial systems (hardware and software) are simply not dependable enough to be used for something as essential as voting
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One key point that is missing with fully electronic systems is recountability. If the system malfunctions and produces an erroneous count, what are you going to do, ask it again? There must be a recountable physical token (i.e. printed "receipt" of the vote) that can be used in a recount if need be. Existing commercial systems (hardware and software) are simply not dependable enough to be used for something as essential as voting