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Undertoad · 10-20-2004, 09:09 AM

The problem with paper ballots is that they encourage more human error. A machine only does what you tell it to do, but it does it accurately if you tell it the right things; a human is guaranteed to make mistakes.

As we have become a 50-50 nation, and demand even more accuracy in counts, the only way we can be assured of an accurate count is through machines.

You can't convince me that a paper system can't be "gamed" in just as many ways as a machine system. Or that a box full of paper ballots isn't as subject to gaming as a sealed electronic machine.

10-20-2004, 09:09 AM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The problem with paper ballots is that they encourage more human error. A machine only does what you tell it to do, but it does it accurately if you tell it the right things; a human is guaranteed to make mistakes. As we have become a 50-50 nation, and demand even more accuracy in counts, the only way we can be assured of an accurate count is through machines. You can't convince me that a paper system can't be "gamed" in just as many ways as a machine system. Or that a box full of paper ballots isn't as subject to gaming as a sealed electronic machine.