OK, we know electronic voting is inaccurate and is easily rigged. So why are we still using it?

a lot of the complaints seem to have been heard and they're de-commissioning a lot of those systems. not fast enough to suit me though.

I'm not ready to throw out the baby with the bathwater because I think it's more efficient than complete hand counts and less subject to human error.

That being said, the people who critique the system as being potentially able to be rigged and for not having a paper trail have legitimate concerns.

I think the best way would be to allow to mandate that there IS a paper trail for the machines then have each major party select two districts they expect to have majorities in and do handcounts for those 4 districts and compare to the electronic total. If the total's within a certain margin of error, then the vote is considered good. If the vote is outside that margin of error, then a full handcount of the ballots is done. It might slow down the ballot process slightly but accuracy of the vote is important and it's a reasonable compromise over the "count it all by hand" folks.

Exactly because it is inaccurate and is easily rigged !

Well, also because various jackassed election boards do not want to explain why they spent so very much money on all-electronic, no paper copy, no recount capability, worthless machines.

Electronic election machines HAVE been caught with electronic stuffing.

The ONLY method that should be used is where the voter fills in [with #2 pencil..] blank circles on a paper ballot, which is then read right there by a scanner, said scanner to offer voter a chance to change ballot if it finds an error [under/over voting].

This method is infinitely superior to just about anything else available, AND IS CHEAP. Why so much was spent on unsuitable machines should, imho, be investigated for criminal malfeasance and/or bribery/kickbacks.

Assuming that it would be inaccurate and easily rigged, I think the reason we would still use it is because it is inaccurate and easily rigged.

Personally, I want to go to a more comprehensive electronic system. All voters get hooked up to a Lie Detector, and the ballot reads "Please select the candidate you would vote for if you were the only person in the world who got a vote", and force them to make their first choice regardless of party or probability of that person winning.

Because it took them years to dumb down society enough to get people to use them without question.

No paper trail

No tamper proof software and networking

Just the way they like it - and for those that don't like it will either be turned away or given a provisional ballot that will never see the light of day!

What has our Nation come to - when the people forget the power of their vote!

Because it is inaccurate and easily rigged...

HA HA HA

You people still think that the American people VOTE for their elected leaders...

HA HA HA HEEE HEEE HEE HA HE

Whoa.

"In another place" still believe in the easter bunny too. YES they are rigged, so are chads and people in a caucus

beacause its quikcer coutning the coutning by hands.

As i nh primary they coutnted wrong in the hand votes compare to the electrionci votes.

Do you know how Mr. Bush can win in 2004 election ?

To make a fastest electoral fraud.