Wyden of Oregon demands paper trail for every single vote

[Jersey Devil]

hundreds of thousands of Americans who believe they have been disenfranchised should not have their concerns shoved under the rug

[barbaraann]

1. A paper trail means NOTHING without REGULAR random checks of

paper vs. computer totals. A paper trail means NOTHING if a count of a random sample of precincts is only done in a close election.

(I hope this makes sense--I am not a statistician.)

[Amaryllis]

2. Yep, you are right. But at least he brought it up. paper trail is minimum

requirement.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. Yes, every election should be audited by hand ....

in a timely mannor. say....3%

[harmonyguy]

4. Paper trail means nothing - PERIOD.

Be careful what you ask for - you might just get a paper trail.

A paper trail means didly-squat. When there's a difference between the machine used to vote and the trail, someone will want to argue about which one is right.

A voter-verified paper ballot, on the other hand, is tangible, and is already well-established in law as being countable.

I'd rather have my paper-ballot count, than have my paper trail count.

And count'em by hand - it really doesn't take that long. Canadian federal elections are paper ballots - hand counted, and we have the results in a couple of hours.

HG