Reply #50: I disagree slightly in that there will be tremendous pressure on ALL

[Land Shark]

elections systems regardless of form, it's the nature of the beast. So paper will have it's share of pressures and paper with CHECKS AND BALANCES (which is the REAL issue) is quite wide open to fraud. Electronic voting by its very structure lacks important checks and balances. (I trust you know these quite well).

But your general point that the artificially enhanced margin in the original electronic count is then used in a "why bother" justification for never counting the rest of the paper is well taken. It can also be a corrupt "why bother" justification....

Electronic voting of course pays off the criminal much more handsomely than nonelectronic and that is why the capabilities for cheating in this day and age are unprecedented.