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[Tazman]

It matters not what type of voting is done, it will always be open to voting fraud. There have been numerous elections frauds throughout history and the method of voting did not matter, be it paper ballots, computer or the number of beans dropped in a barrel.

[stork]

I call it fear of the unknown. I have it too Hip and don't like the idea of electronics being involved to this degree.

[Dave590]

I don't really have a comfort level with voting being conducted electronically either.

I will admit though, I don't know enough about the new machines to make an informed decision one way or another.

BUT...

There is just something a little more "Real" about a piece of paper vs. a few electrons.

I think an "X" in a box is the most simple and error free way to conduct elections. It is what it is, and there is no way to mis-interpret who the intended vote was for.

[CalHunter]

Paper ballots can be scrutinised to ensure they have not been misread or tampered with but electronic votes recorded only as computer code cannot be checked to see the true intention of the voter, said David Dill, professor of computer science at Stanford University in California.

This sounds like more hanging chads issues. The problem with establishing the "voter's intent" is that many voters in Florida were confused about the paper ballot system and voted for the wrong candidate (3rd party) apparently when they misread the vote selections. The problem with taking these paper ballots (or any other voting system) and trying to establish voter intent is that you are guessing at best. How do you know that person didn't decide to cross party lines and vote Republican/Democrat (it does happen) or even for some 3rd party candidate. By allowing some sort of voting monitors to determine who voters "really" intended to vote for, you have made the process an even bigger mess and more inaccurate.

This so-called scientist has conveniently ignored the fact that ANY voting system can be manipulated. There is no foolproof voting system that cannot be tampered with, period. In addition to the system safeguards, that is why voting is conducted with so many proctors so that any irregularities can be detected early and corrected.

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[burniegoeasily]

I wonder how they are going to punch the chads out of the computer screen. Wont that get a little expensive.

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[Indianahick]

Here something else for you to think about. Hopefully not covered in one of the wordy reply above. There was an electronic glitch, the phone lines broke (this actually happens), the system went down. Ergo all votes were lost. All data gets lost.