Yep, that is why the Dems wanted this kind of voting tech.
The old push card ballots were just fine.
The way I look at it is that it would be trivial to miscalibrate the machine to make it tend to click up or down. So, if they’re in a Republican-leaning district, they deliberately calibrate them poorly.
Optical scanning ballots are the way to go. You still have a paper ballot marked with a pen, but they can be counted quickly. The machine spits out double votes on the spot so the voter can get a new ballot if he makes a mistake.
If needed, they can be counted by hand like any paper ballot.
...and no hanging chads.
What about ballots where you mark a big X next to your choice(s), and then drop the ballot into a box in front of several voting judges? Is this too complicated?
Someone is really liking the obvious manipulations of our voting process.
Fine. Just stack them up and push a pin throught the Obama hole. It will nullify any McCain votes.
In Indiana they still have the old machines where you have to go in and pull an actual lever. What’s wrong with that?
“The old push card ballots were just fine.”
And the fill in the arrow Scantron style is better.