The debate over touch screens is truly bipartisan and interesting to watch.
Because the potential to be hacked is so uncontrollable, dems are very leery of the possibility that the demon republicans will be doing the hacking.
Both parties are putting the brakes on more widespread usage of this way of 'recording' a vote.
I worry most that either side or both will totally disbelieve the results of a close election. A Hellary/Clark ticket that's within 1% of Bush on election night, with cities turning in late "touchscreen" results, could turn the cold civil war hot. The important thing to keep in mind is that if the electorate loses confidence in the validity of the voting process, they may do very irrational things.
The scene at the Miami govt office where the 'rats were carrying the ballot boxes to a quiet dark room to count very nearly turned violent. Imagine that scene in 10 cities, with large mobs on both sides, when some nervous security guards pull guns and tell the crowds to back off while the counting is done privately...
And with touch screens, WHAT do you count? Used electrons?