Feds eschew e-voting paper trail for the status quo

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hydrogen_wv @ Dec 6th 2006 8:06AM

Engadget is against electronic voting because they realize that the people in charge of it can't even keep from screwing up something this simple. When we get some competent programmers to write the software for these machines, then beta testing can start. I think that before using these machines, they should have set up a mock election with booths in major cities across the US (not all cities, just 10-15) have people come in and vote (for something even as rediculous as favorite candybar), have them tell you what they voted for on the way down (paper copies of all votes, in other words), and if all goes well with no breakdowns, mess-ups, etc. and the paper votes and electronic votes coincide, then consider starting to use the machines....

I don't believe that the machines are a plot by the Republicans or anything, I think they are just shitty, half-assed machines that everyone creamed there pants about and were put to use before all the proper testing had been done.

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