"I'm amazed how big Homeland Security is, yet they're still the last to know, or to act on these issues! Makes one wonder what their daily work load consists of?"
It's humongous.
Note: Maryland is switching to paper ballots in 2006.
I don't like to be critical of the administration, but if an agency is well organized, size matters little. Their either awake or asleep. In this case, again, unorganized, and in a dead sleep. Also, when they should be the first, are apparently the last to know.
On voting. I don't believe or trust digital voting machines. In my opinion, every American eligible voter, should have a voter ID, and allowed to vote only once, on a paper ballot. Because of apartheid, I used to be death on national ID cards, but sinced 9-11, and illegals voting, I've changed my thinking.