E-voting: just say no (or a least keep a paper copy)

Instapundit talsk about digital voting

Election bureaucrats dismiss this as "paranoid," but (1) I trust professors of computer science more than courthouse hacks; and (2) Even to the extent that's true, a voting system that inspires paranoia is hardly a good thing.

This should be so obvious to everybody. It is similar to the old adage "Justice must not just be done, it must also be seen to be done". We simply cannot allow any doubts about the legitimacy of the vote. And this is likely to mean that we need a bi-partisan group of people to sit down and count X'es on pieces of paper.

Paul Boutin is also concerned.

Posted by Claus at August 04, 2003 09:21 PM | TrackBack (3)