On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Travis Roy wrote: > Mark Komarinski wrote: > > > I'm not sure if this is MA wide (I forget what other towns did) > > but my town has scantron-ish forms that you may remember from > > the SAT. Get the paper ballot, fill in the ovals with a marker, > > run it through the scanner on the way out and the ballot goes > > into a vault. No idea if the scanner makes sure the ballot is > > valid, given that I fill it out properly each time. I think. > > That was kind of my point. How do you know those things are not flawed > in some way, or fixed? How do you know if it counted your vote > correctly? Forget about new fangled computers, I'm talking about > exsisting systems. What if something happened and it switches Dems for > Reps or something like that.. Unless a recount is demanded we would > really never know. > That's kinda the poit though: With a paper trail there *can be* a recount. With a computer-only system, all the data would be corrupt. Personally, I would not feel secure without that safety net.
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