[deathhand]

>The politician flipped his shit when I was able to demonstrably prove he voted for someone other than his party's candidate for governor. The poll procedures were changed the next election cycle. The paper tapes were not allowed to be produced and the poll workers used a tick mark instead of a number in the poll books. The machines remain in use.

So you are the person that killed democracy? Given that voting is a "trade secret" and the code will never be inspected do you think the abolishment of a paper trail is a good idea?

[rcxdude]

A paper trail without voter secrecy is possibly worse than no paper trail. It's not hard to design a system with both (shuffling the ballots is usually a good measure).