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Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst
Because with technology data can be more easily manipulated than with paper ballots and be less likely to leave an audit trail. I actually saw video of a congressional testimony for an electronic ballot contracting company where the contractor was being asked questions on whether the data could be manipulated and he was saying yes it could.
I wouldn't be so quick to give credence to electronic ballots if I were you.
I'll leave you all with this quote:
"Those who cast the ballots decide nothing. Those who count the ballots decide everything." - Joseph Stalin.
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Found the clip. Testimony that votes CAN be rigged through the use of software.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEzY2tnwExs
ETA: This tactic was attempted to throw the Ohio gubernatorial election in 2006 in favor of Ken Blackwell. The only reason why it backfired was that the votes was rigged to throw the election favor of Blackwell by a certain percentage, but the percentage of voters voting for Strickland exceeded that, so the rigging effort was made worthless.