Paper is a good thing! Actually, there was nothing wrong with the punch cards except those punching the cards :) In my area we use scan-tron type, they work just fine also. Nice thick piece of paper on which you fill in the blank middle of the arrow pointing to the candidate/s you want.
We use the scan-tron type too - it seems to work just fine. I'm worried about all the electronic stuff with no paper trail - leaves too much room for tampering, as SpyGuy said.
What scares me the most is that the dems are already on the defensive ready to blame us if their schemes (to elect Kerry by any means necessary) don't work. I was appalled to hear that they are already geared up to sue at the drop of a hat if Bush wins... :-(