I really like our ballots and don't see how they could be tampered with.
Paper ballot (fill in the circle). The poll worker GIVES YOU the right pen. When done, go to the station where you insert your ballot in the machine. If you've voted correctly, it gets accepted and your vote is counted. If you didn't fill in the circles right, it gets rejected and you have a chance to correct it.
At the end of the day, the machine tabulates totals for electronic transmission to election central. And there's an actual pile of paper ballots to reconcile to, if necessary.
Why are all these states/counties fooling around with electronic voting when such a simple system is available? Am I missing something?
"Why are all these states/counties fooling around with electronic voting when such a simple system is available? Am I missing something?"
Follow the money. Someone is making a pile of money on the computerized garbage.
Seems everyone wants to show how modern they are -- look at us, we use these fancy electronic gadgets to count votes. Like when cell phones first became available -- even today, I think some people flash them around just to show how "hip" they are.
I don't necessarily object to technology, but there are times when it's not an improvement over the old ways.
We have the mark the ballot with the special pen, run it through the machine here in rural Lowndes county, Alabama. This is a heavily democrat, black county. We manage quite nicely, voter ID included. I can't understand why it can't be standard practice nationwide. It gives you a paper ballot and machine reading and counting. If Lowndes county can afford it and make it work, it'll work anywhere. Unless evil forces don't want it to.