But if you go by what happened in the USA in 2000, if the electronic result came in showing someone ahead, but with a narrow margin, there'd be posses of people organised to disrupt the actual count, just in case it came up with the wrong result.

And the supporters of the candidate would see nothing whatsoever wrong with that. Because the only thing that matters is winning.

The chances are, it seems to me, that electronic vote counting is going to mean the end of any trust in electoral politics around the world.

I wonder, if Fidel Castro were to buy a set of electronic voting machines, and hold an election using them, and win it, does anybody think that Georege Bush and his minders would accept the results and end the sanctions on Cuba?