LOL! We had the Diebold's with the "add on" paper ballot printer on the side. I was the second voter at the machine and it jammed immidiately. Since the poll workers had no access to the printer (since it wouldn't be secure) there was no way for them to fix it and the machine was out of order until whomever came to fix it.
electronic voting machines = complete and utter joke.
Yes. I would prefer that each voter have his completed ballot spit out of the machine and that the voter carry that to the precinct worker. They would then take those separate ballots and have a scanner reader read them.
If there is no electronic communication that performs a unified count, then there's no way for a hacker to screw with the election. The electronic machine simply prints the ballot that the voter fills in electronically, checks for accuracy, tears up if necessary, and eventually takes to the precinct worker for scanner counting.