[FreeAtlanta]

As the results come in, they should be burned to a local permenant optical disk for verifying the records and the results should be transmitted through ssl to a central state database that is mirrored and insert only. I don't see what the big deal is in making this system hacker proof, secure and highly auditable. I think it could be made much more reliable than having a bunch of punch cards or optical cards that can be manufactured and stored in democrat warehouses, imo.

[Shermy]

Ping.

[Carry_Okie]

I think it could be made much more reliable than having a bunch of punch cards or optical cards that can be manufactured and stored in democrat warehouses, imo.

So that they can just switch optical disks? LOL!

That's why the paper trail for chain of custody on the ballots has to be required. It's also why observers at the polls should have access to the tallies to report them in a parallel count. It's a lot easier to catch somebody trucking in boxes than it is to detect a hacker.

I don't give a damn if the count takes a few hours longer.

[eno_]

They can do better than that: each ballot can have an electronic signature. That signature (a number) can be printed on your paper reciept. Votes and paper reciepts can be inconrovertably linked.