[From many - one.]

Simple solution: paper ballots

They can be printed up in hours and have a built in paper trail.

No programming glitches, either

[Cicero]

Agreed. In this case, and in most others, including the notorious chad problem, it was Democrats who built the whole mess, and then blamed it on the Republicans.

There should be a paper record that people can see. But I believe the Demorats agitated for election "reforms" before they agitated against them.

[kingu]

Simple solution: paper ballots

We had those before, didn't we? Push a pin through the piece of paper, your vote is recorded? And afterward, your ballots are there to be recounted however many times as desired.. Yes, I'm sure this was done.

[lesser_satan]

How about combining the two? You could have a touch-screen machine that would print out a paper ticket with the voter's choices so they could review it before putting it in the ballot box. Then you have a paper trail, no chads (hanging, pregnant, or otherwise), no ambiguously marked check-boxes, etc.

[traditional1]

"Simple solution: paper ballots "

Simple CORRECT solution: Paper ballots with PHOTO ID required.