March 19, 2007
Sun editorial on e-voting
“Electronic voting machines leave voters wondering if they work properly and if vulnerabilities can be traced and fixed,” editorial, Gainesville Sun, March 18, 2007.
Add it up and evidence of machine malfunction is lacking. “Our observations are consistent with the explanation that ballot design combined with absence of a prominent undervote warning led to the high undervote,” the FSU team reported.
Without a more definitive conclusion, litigants will go on arguing and the public will continue to be puzzled - and skeptical.
But this much is clear from the reports: In that same election, Sarasota County voters approved a charter amendment that requires future elections to have an auditable paper-ballot trail that will augment or replace touch-screen voting. The rest of the state and nation should take notice.
