On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:22:36 -0500, Dave Hall wrote:

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:21:14 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:42:55 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


We have those damned electronic voting machines in Maryland, the ones
that do not provide any printed record of your vote.

I have never in my life, no matter what voting method was being used,
been provided a written copy of my ballot. I suspect that such would
be quite handy when I wanted to get my $10 for voting "correctly"....

The written piece is just to see if the machine recorded what you
voted. It then goes in the box at the polling place. You don't get
to carry it out. It's there for a possible recount. Just like punch
cards were, although you couldn't read the punchcard, and the machine
cams could be tinkered with.
Electronic is better if you can confirm your vote was recorded
properly and the confirmation is kept at the polling place.
It's not rocket science and the feds have to impose standards
to keep the faith.

--Vic