Indeed. That is what I was responding to; if I over-assumed the GP's position, my apologies. We've been using mechanical, semi-mechanical, and electronic syste

Indeed. That is what I was responding to; if I over-assumed the GP's position, my apologies. We've been using mechanical, semi-mechanical, and electronic systems for decades at this point. The new concern for accuracy is pretty unfounded (and, it is worth noting, was heavily drum-beat into existence by a Presidential candidate who then went on to win an election). If we want to talk problems with electronic systems, I'm a lot more concerned about how people don't actually know how to use touch screens (and I am myself in favor of pencil-and-paper ballots for that reason alone) than I am about people being able to sneak a super-double-secret modification to an electronic tabulator in against all the ways that attack could fail (including "The county can just decide to hand-count the pencil and paper ballots anyway, which would discover the deception"). Fully electronic, no-paper-output systems are past my personal trust threshold.