[NeonKnight]

Computers can be a useful aid in voting. Open source coding, subject to suprise review by either party. Primary purpose being tabulation, not voting technique (though I would have no problems with a user friendly, touch screen, front end, I definately can understand how it could create doubt and suspicion)

Simplicity is the key. ....and absolutely NO modems.

[Dr. Frank fan]

Computers can be a useful aid in voting. Open source coding, subject to suprise review by either party. Primary purpose being tabulation, not voting technique

Ok, but then what is the purpose here? "Tabulation" is well within the capability of unaided humans. In fact for basically any voting technique you can name, humans will be *better* than machines at tabulation. ("better" meaning: more accurate). Machines don't have brains. Brains can sometimes be necessary to tabulate someone's vote correctly. (Voters (because they're humans) sometimes do odd, unpredictable things with their ballots-or-whatever-is-being-used, which can confuse machines, yet can be easily understood by other humans.)

I see only two benefits then:

1. We know the outcome slightly faster (whee!)

2. We get to say that we use computers & technology.

Oh, another one, I guess:

3. Government contracts for one or a few tech firms.

Call me less than convinced.