From IEEE Spectrum Online…………

“But for the first time in history, more than 25 percent of U.S. ballots will be cast using equipment that directly records votes only on electronic media, such as chips, cartridges, or disks, with no paper or other tangible form of backup. That's nearly triple the number of electronic votes in 2000. Twenty-five years in the making, electronic voting is finally being widely adopted in the United States.

Unfortunately, recent evidence suggests that although we may be ready for electronic voting, the technology is not ready for us. True, these electronic systems eliminate many of the problems with paper-based ballots—Florida's hanging chads and poorly aligned print layouts being the most notorious. But in their hurry to eliminate paper and avoid another Florida-style fiasco, some equipment makers and election officials are rushing to deploy systems that have known flaws or that have been poorly tested—or not tested at all. Much the same story is playing out not only in the United States but also in Australia, Brazil, India, the United Kingdom, Venezuela, and elsewhere. “