California E-Voting Machine Requirement

Secretary of State Shelley Announces Electronic Voting Machine Requirement

"Secretary of State Shelley has taken a courageous and important step in response to the growing public concern about the security of voting machines," said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "Paper audit trails are currently the best way to prevent anyone from bungling or stealing our elections."

This is great news. Never assume that "technology" will solve more problems than it creates unless you really pay attention to the technology. While that may sound like "common sense," you and I both know that there really isn't such a beast.