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Opinion
Our Say:Voting machines need paper trailPublished 12/05/06
In Maryland, last month's election came off about as smoothly as could be expected. But it didn't eliminate a source of lingering unease for many voters.
The state's new electronic voting machines generate no paper trail for use in recounts. If irregularities are suspected, all anyone can do is double-check the vote totals reported by the machines.
Those skeptical about electronic voting got ammunition last week from a draft report from the experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The acronym-crammed 14-page document concludes that paperless voting systems aren't secure and comes down on the side of...
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