[brlewis]

Random 1% error is easily dealt with. When the election is close they do a supervised recount.

[angryprofessor]

There are certainly no problems with supervised recounts. Look how well they go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_gubernatorial_electi...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elec...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_200...

I'm not saying electronic is definately the way to go. I'm just saying that paper ballots also have big problems, and that one can protect reasonably well against pure software hacks.

[brlewis]

You've pointed out exactly why supervised recounts with paper ballots are so much better. You can look how well they go.