For once I am not in favor of the technology solution. Computerized voting machines are too easy to hack, as has just been demonstrated.

You're right that there is no perfect solution. That doesn't mean we should go with an option that is just about guaranteed to be abused.


>You can't win. It's either the possibility of a hacker messing with our votes or dishonest workers entering phony handwritten ballets into a box. There will never be a 100% safe and accurate voting mechanism unless we start using biometrics.
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>>If a bunch of these machines are going to be used in 2008 - is there a point in anyone voting?
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>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070731/ap_on_re_us/voting_machine_woes;_ylt=AlwNHefF7uPwr5_C4JCXTsFvzwcF
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>>http://www.therawfeed.com/2007/07/university-cracks-every-voting-machine.html