[E-voting] e-voting articles in The Economist

[Michael McMahon]

The Sept 16 issue of the Economist did a special on US democracy
including e-voting.

This is what the leader said about e-voting.

"Out of all these creaking bits of machinery, two look particularly deadly.
  The first is those voting machines (see article). Despite being given a fistful of money
  by Congress, many American states have opted for dodgy electronic voting machines.
  Electronic machines generally look a good idea; but they must have a paper back-up,
  so that voters can check that their votes have been recorded correctly; and, crucially,
  so that officials can hand-count the ballots if there is a very close result or if a glitch emerges,
  as it will. In one recent Indiana contest, 5,352 voters somehow produced 144,000 votes."

There was also a 2 page article, which quoted Rebecca Mercuri and basically
repeated her position on the subject.