[duxup]

In the US voting machine decisions are also a very local decision. So even if it was a party decision... it really would have to be very local party decisions.

Often times national party decisions in the US do not translate into local action even by folks in the same part as obviously things change on the ground.

[elliekelly]

The federal government could set certain minimum standards for voting machines used in federal elections. That would effectively set the standard for all elections since I can't imagine any local governments could justify a set of machines for federal elections and a different set for local.

[brandonmenc]

Better yet, why doesn't DARPA design them and then the federal gov't outlaw any other voting machine, for any election.

[AaronM]

They recently started a contest to design an election machine.

[duxup]

I wouldn't mind that.