Letting the Voter Count

[glatt]

I'm a big fan of technology, and far from a luddite, but technology can fail. When it fails, it's almost always because it was implemented poorly by humans. As Happy Monkey mentioned, this stuff hasn't really been tested yet. And the big test is an election that will impact the world.

Sure, in theory, an electronic system can be set up to allow secure and accurate voting. However, in reality, that system will be run by temporary employees who have received just an hour or two of training in its use. It will be created by companies that hide their work, and it will be implemented by election officials who don't necessarily have technology backgrounds.

A hybrid solution, like scanners that read paper ballots is really the best of both worlds. You can use the machines to quickly tabulate the results, but the paper is still there in case there are screwy results or questions.