[Revel]

"From a technological standpoint, a system could be built to perform the voting process accurately and securely."

No such thing really. There is always someone who knows how to cheat. From a top level executive with the voting machine company or security company...on down to the hacker who has managed to hock a voting machine to play with. Or maybe someone on the inside passed him documentation on the machine/ code. You can argue about how many safe gaurds could be put into effect, The simple fact is that nothing is as secure as a paper trail...Even that not being perfect.

[Search4Truth]

"You can argue about how many safe gaurds could be put into effect, The simple fact is that nothing is as secure as a paper trail...Even that not being perfect."

And you say that as you dialogue on a worldwide network of millions of connected computers, transacting billions of dollars in business a year. They should have used paper - its faster, more reliable and secure, don't you know.

America has the technology to send robotic probes about the Solar System, but cannot develop a reliable and secure voting system - got it!

We have ATM machines virtually everywhere in the world, dispensing billions of dollars a year, but can not develop a reliable and secure voting system - got it!

The problem with updating the voting system technology is not technological, it is political; neither side understands fully how to exploit the new system. So they error on the side of caution and oppose it.

I’m not saying that a change to a newer system should be made. The benefits of doing so are undefined. But the technologies for doing so are well established.