This is the key comment of this thread.
Assuming perfect security and absence of software bugs, we'd be insane to prefer human counters to machine counters.
Assuming perfect security and absence of software bugs, we'd be insane to prefer human counters to machine counters.
My point was just that there are obvious up-sides... so it's not like e-voting is some pointlessly insane thing.
I happen to think it's a bad idea even with dead tree audit trails, but I can respect the position that, with appropriate audit trails, it makes the voting process more robust.