Voting Tech

Interesting: California requires electronic voting machines to make receipts. However, on balance I am becoming increasingly convinced that touch screens really aren't that good an idea, and that scantron-type ballots are the best way to go: there is a paper ballot that can be recounted if necessary, and they can have ballot boxes which scan for obvious errors when the ballot is deposited (like double-voting).

The reported problems with the Diebold machines are troubling (to say the least) and the whole move to totally computerized voting seems to be a classic example of over-reaction to a problem, as well as an excellent example of how we often fall in love with high-tech far too easily at times.