Andy, the trend toward electronic voting will probably continue. The aim is to make the process part of a large area network.
In the interim us old fogies can subvert the process by continuing to vote absentee. I expect the absentee process will revert to it's original intent as its use grows in response to suspicions of the security of the touch screen.
I have complete faith that a networked system will be compromised soon after introduction, the governance will unsuccessfully attempt to suppress the news and these discussions will continue among our grandchildren.
In King county Washington there is no gurantee absentee voting is any safer. Here we have an ex-felon receiving and sorting incoming absentee ballots. I have documented proff that there was an attempt to rig an election using those ballots. We need strong procedures in place they are simple to implement and are very cost effective. It is really not a tech problem but an audit problem.
We don't take stairwells out of buildings just because we have elevators. We should not give up the paper ballot just because we have electronic ballots.
The Diebold system is bad...Sequoia is worse. We are going to see voter disenfranchisement on a far greater scale than we have seen before IMHO. It will affect all...not just Republicans but Democrats as well. I, quite frankly, would lay down my life for a Republicans right to vote and have it counted fairly. I am sure Republicans feel the same. The vote is the one right that keeps us from tyranny.
We must protect it fiercely. In my campaign I have had Republicans say they were voting for me because of my stance on the voting machine issue.