[jess35]

Are they "breaking into" an unguarded system with the help of the secretary of state who will look the other way and pretend no one is trying to hack the system? This could be nothing more than an anti-electronic voting PR stunt aided and abetted by local governments.

I'd trust a machine with an electronic trail a hell of a lot more than a bunch of democrats hauling around boxes of paper ballots.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

I wouldn't. I've been programming computers for 25 years. I'd prefer a paper ballot.

[highlander_UW]

I'd trust a machine with an electronic trail a hell of a lot more than a bunch of democrats hauling around boxes of paper ballots.

Judging from how many times the democrats in King County (WA) kept "discovering" temporarily lost ballots...and amazingly, the timing kept occurring when the Dem candidate was found to be behind.

[gitmo]

Electronic trails are more easily manipulated, en masse, than paper ballots.

The state has mandated that all electronic voting machines have a paper-ballot backup to record votes by the June 2006 primary.

This is a wise audit procedure. I've been a system designer for 32 years, and would insist on this.

[Smogger]

I'd trust a machine with an electronic trail a hell of a lot more than a bunch of democrats hauling around boxes of paper ballots.

Uh.. There is no such thing as an "electronic" trail. Computerized voting machines are a joke and rife for abuse. Punch card ballots had served the state well for 50 years into some morons in Florida couldn't figure them out.