> It is crazy that we are using machines in any way in the voting process. I disagree. My state uses paper ballots and scantrons which I think is exactly the

> It is crazy that we are using machines in any way in the voting process. I disagree. My state uses paper ballots and scantrons which I think is exactly the right mix of machine in the process. A hand recount can be pulled off pretty easily (Which, IMO, you probably want some sort of machine involved there too to hold the tally. Even if it's just a txt file). What's crazy is the extreme side of the machine in the process, where the machine is opaquely keeping track of who voted how.