KarmaOverDogma's Journal: Nevada uses E-Voting with Paper Trail Successfully

SFGate.com (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/09/07/state1927EDT0115.DTL) reports that Nevada became the first state to succsessfully use Electronic voting machines yesterday. Voter advocates praised Nevada's system, which requires county registrars to randomly select a small percentage of machines and compare their printed records with the vote totals taken from the computers' memory cartridges after polls close. The paper records will be kept in county election offices for 22 months and used in case of a recount.

Federal officials from the U.S. Elections assistance commission seemed to be pleased with the results and reported "there hasn't been frustration or confusion."

The success of the new, paper-auditable system could mean widespread adoption of the Sequoia based system over North Canton Ohio's Diebold, Inc., which has been plagued by controversy over potential errors and lack of a paper trail. California, Washington and Illinois recently passed laws requiring a paper trail for electronic ballots, and at least 20 others are considering similar legislation.

Nevada proides a demo of the system here: (http://sos.state.nv.us/sequoiaverivotedemo.swf)

Are we finally seeing the kind of stable, auditable, system the voting public wants for trust in this newer voting style?