[Celtjew Libertarian]

I hate to agree with Krugman, but I don't like touch screen voting either, as much as I like computers. I want there to be a physical ballot that I know has gone in the ballot box, because I placed it there.

When I use a computer for E-mail or FreeRepublic, I can go back and see what I've written. When I buy something on-line, there is a receipt that I can print out and check on. Unless there is some physical printout of my ballot, I don't have that confirmation.

Funny thing is, my gut reaction is that touch screen voting will make it too easy for Democrats to rig the voting even more than they usually do.

[TomB]

I hate to agree with Krugman, but I don't like touch screen voting either,

Uh, that isn't what he's saying. He's saying that Diebold is rigging their voting machines to favor Republicans.

Do you still agree with him?

[steve-b]

Funny thing is, my gut reaction is that touch screen voting will make it too easy for Democrats to rig the voting even more than they usually do.

With paper ballots, generating ten fraudulent votes requires ten times as much work as generating one fraudulent vote.

With electronic votes (not supported by printed confirmation), once you're in the system it's as easy to generate ten thousand fraudulent votes as to generate only one.

That's the bottom line.

[rellimpank]

--that is exactly my fear. Unless I am mistaken, the Canadians still manage to conduct honest elections the oldfashioned way--with a paper ballot, counted by three election judges. It gets done promptly, also.

As the saying goes, an honest election is the easy to accomplish--

[WorkingClassFilth]

"...touch screen voting will make it too easy for Democrats to rig the voting even more than they usually do."

At least the dead that vote from the grave for RAT candidates have to send a medium to fill out their ballots. With little electronic blips, well, who'd ever be cynical enough to believe something like computers could ever be illicitly manipulated?

[Re-electNobody]

I agree. We need some paper trail with this computer voting for verification. The Democrats have been known to steal a few elections in their time.