[ likely too far off topic ] > Hmmm, I have a "voter registration card" and I believe that is > the case across the USA. Anything that is itself mechanically _required_ in order to vote must be provided to the voter gratis else it will be surely challenged as a poll tax. By just this detail alone, I do not think that electronic voting from the home has a future. Even if the smartcard were given away, that the rest of the apparatus (PC, reader, network, etc.) was self-funded by the voter as a matter of personal choice and convenience would almost surely be derided by some group or other as a sign that "rich folk" get counted first and easier. --dan