Do these things bother you? I don't much care that they're electronic, but why not have a paper tape behind a glass that while I vote for a candidate, it prints on the tape that I can see that my vote was recorded correctly on a paper trail?
What if the electricity goes out or something goes wrong with the machine? My computer has crashed plenty of times. Why are these things impervious to error? If something did go wrong, would I be notified that my vote was lost and I needed to come back in and cast another ballot? Also with a paper trail, they could manually verfiy the votes up to the point where the machine quit. Therefore, I could verifiy my ballot accuracy while I voted and the election officials could as well.
Accountants have had tapes in their calculators for decades, and it backs up their work. Aren't votes as important as my taxes?
I was pondering the implications. A constitutional amendment could be passed by votes of the state. Could that vote be accurately determined or could it possibly be subject to fraud? I don't care about the presidential race in this matter- Texas passes all major legislation affecting taxation by constitutional amendment. This could affect TRKBA's. Isn't it cheap insurance to have a paper trail?
What if the electricity goes out or something goes wrong with the machine? My computer has crashed plenty of times. Why are these things impervious to error? If something did go wrong, would I be notified that my vote was lost and I needed to come back in and cast another ballot? Also with a paper trail, they could manually verfiy the votes up to the point where the machine quit. Therefore, I could verifiy my ballot accuracy while I voted and the election officials could as well.
Accountants have had tapes in their calculators for decades, and it backs up their work. Aren't votes as important as my taxes?
I was pondering the implications. A constitutional amendment could be passed by votes of the state. Could that vote be accurately determined or could it possibly be subject to fraud? I don't care about the presidential race in this matter- Texas passes all major legislation affecting taxation by constitutional amendment. This could affect TRKBA's. Isn't it cheap insurance to have a paper trail?