Tuesday, March 02, 2004

Instapundit has another roundup on electronic voting.

I don't see why this is so difficult. I pretty much agree with Glenn that there's nothing wrong with paper ballots, but I don't really think there was much wrong with punch card ballots either. I've always thought that if someone is too stupid to fill out a proper ballot, his votes shouldn't count anyway. Of course, Democrats, who rely heavily on coalitions of ignorant people who take their word for how they should vote, find this intolerable.

I can't really see any way to make the voting system absolutely free from error or fraud. Motor Voter laws and allowing people to register without proof of citizenship, which Democrats back vociferously and practically an invitation for non-citizens to vote. Then there are crooked county and precinct officials.

I don't see why a computer system that takes the voter's input and prints out a ballot he can verify and slip into the ballot box couldn't be developed. If he doesn't agree with the printed ballot, he can void it and put it in a separate box for spoiled ballots. If the equipment breaks down, there should be at least a backup system that can print out uniquely coded ballots that voters can mark in the booth as they have done for years.

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