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Pros and Cons of Electronic Voting

 Pros  Cons
 Less paper-ballot fraud.

 High-tech.

 Quick results.

 Increased potential for wide-scale, centralized fraud.

 Multiple, serious security flaws (easily hackable).
   Johns Hopkins / SAIC / Compuware / RABA

 Voting machine failures in election after election.
   ES&S / Diebold / Sequoia / Hart Intercivic / Microvote / WINvote

 Dysfunctional testing and certification process.
   U.S. House Hearing

 Known bugs in voting machine software.
   ES&S

 Ballot programming with no oversight.
   Intro / Details

 Conflict of interest in gifts from vendors to election officials.
   Election Center

 Election officials dependent on voting machine vendors.
   Myth Breakers

 Increased complexity, training, human error, poll worker confusion.
   Myth Breakers

 Burdensome tax-payer expense.
   Myth Breakers

 

Sometimes high-tech isn't the best solution.
Consider toilet paper.
~ Holly Jacobson
 
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