[Mark @ Dec 6th 2006 9:46AM]

This discussion thread just goes to show how politicized the whole thing can get. People such as Luke, for example, reject the idea that everyone has a right to confirm their vote and have a hard copy available for verification if needed, solely because the party which he clearly associates himself with has made it their party line that "nothing is wrong with the system." But there is, and "fixing technology" is EXACTLY what we're talking about. Just becuase the GOP was under fire first for possibly benefitting from botched voting machines, that doesn't mean that the machines still aren't flawed, regardless of who might benefit.

If we can't agree on this simple thread that confirmation is either a good/bad idea, without politicizing the issue, imagine how those NIST meetings played out.