On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Dave Ketchum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ANYTHING cam get tampered with if enough doors are left ajar, including > paper ballots (such as discarding, editing, or replacing some).
True, but paper ballots must be tampered with one at a time and it takes many many more persons to affect any election by tampering with paper ballots. Whereas electronic ballots can be tampered with en masse by one rogue programmer who can fraudulently alter an entire county's or an entire state's election outcomes. The risk is far greater for electronic fraud which is also much more difficult to detect and secure against. Paper ballots are much easier to secure in a way that is understandable and transparent to citizens and far more difficult (would take a far larger conspiracy) to tamper with. Watch this film for an education. It's great. http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~seclab/projects/voting/ Cheers, Kathy ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
