^ This.
Optically-scanned ballots easily and cheaply scale up or down depending on anticipated turnout, unlike voting kiosks.
There is an audit trail of the original paper ballot filled out by the voter, unlike voting kiosks.
You still get electronic tabulation of votes for faster election night results, like voting kiosks.
The investment in equipment, training, and maintenance is much lower with optically scanned ballots, unlike voting kiosks.
Touch screen voting kiosks should not only no longer be purchased or funded by the federal government, they should be banned from any future use in federal elections.
Our county dumped the touch screen system and went back to paper ballot with a tabulating scan. You end up with a paper ballot, a digital scan of the ballot, and an electronic count. You don’t get a ballot until you show an ID and you have signed the voter book. The little old ladies ask your address when they find your name. Of course, they know everyone, but they go through the drill. You can vote a provisional ballot, but it is sealed and only counted when they have verified that you are a valid registered voter. Absentee ballots are still the Achilles heel in the system, especially from places like nursing homes, but Kansas has a handle on voter fraud. Missouri, on the other hand, is a nightmare thanks to KC, St. Louis, and Claire McCaskill and her thugs.