All I want is a system which is not more easily screwed around with then paper ballots.
I think it's called OCR. Paper ballots, marked by the voter, not by software, then counted by software: - the ballot and the audit document are one and the same - no opportunity for software to mess with the printed record - option for a quick and dirty recount by feeding the ballots through a different counting machine (maybe with different software, from a different vendor) - further option for a manual recount of the original ballots (which are probably more legible than any machine-printed receipts) Oh, and by the way, these are the only kind of electronic voting machines approved, so far, in Mass. Miles Fidelman ************************************************************************** The Center for Civic Networking PO Box 600618 Miles R. Fidelman, President & Newtonville, MA 02460-0006 Director, Municipal Telecommunications Strategies Program 617-558-3698 fax: 617-630-8946 mfidelman@civicnet.org http://civic.net/ccn.html Information Infrastructure: Public Spaces for the 21st Century Let's Start With: Internet Wall-Plugs Everywhere Say It Often, Say It Loud: "I Want My Internet!" **************************************************************************