Touch screens are stupid. They don't save any money. I was talking to a Nueces County, Texas Republican Party official who says the county will switch to touch screen. He does not favor it for many reasons. First they are more expensive. Second they don't create a human readable paper trail. Third, the computers will become obsolte quickly and will need to be replaced.
Also, how do I know the wording on multilingual ballots on a touch screen machine actually mean the same thing as the English version? There is nothing in the US Contitution guaranteeing the rigth to ballots in any particular language. As far as I am concerned, Congress should pass legislation overturning federal court decsions mandating ballots in foreign languages.
I am in complete agreement with you.
Congress is the correct venue to address this madness, but they won't, at least not in my lifetime. Sadly enough I believe that congress tacitly agree with all this crap, but they hide behind the Supreme Court decisions in order to accomplish their agenda without taking the heat for it. In the mean time their real agenda advances on schedule.