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Why electronic voting? Seriously why? Faster vote count for a larger population? Except that votes were counted in time enough up to Y2K election, who knew the disaster people expected was coming in the form of an election, but I digress. And even since there are still paper ballots, so it’s not as if paper voting can’t be managed. Then why?
More accurate than the hanging chad catastrophe? (Or chadastrophe) That was a few counties in one state in a 50 state election. And the problems in state elections that we have seen in Georgia and Missouri with video evidence of vote switching immediately outweigh the concerns of some chads not completely punched through. So why?
Well the enthusiasm with which Georgia (which like Delaware adopts voting requirements on a state level) and some counties in Pennsylvania have adopted not only electronic voting machines, but specifically ones without any papertrail, precluding any opportunity at all for a meaningful audit or recount suggest a motive. Specifically that to preclude a recount. If you wanted to steal an election, having no way to double check the results would be a godsend. It’s hard to imagine why you wouldn’t want the possibility of a recount for any purpose that is not corrupt or nefarious. But feel free to suggest one in the comments or email to me. Explain in small words how God hates recounts or something.
Let’s talk about Georgia, an early adopter of electronic voting. Now I like Georgia. I went through basic training…
