Nicole, punchcards in Silicon Valley: *Hahaha*!. Pretty good. / Then again, maybe you/they know something we don't. Seriously. The big rush to really-computerized voting is ignoring BIGtime potential for HARD-to-detect high-tech fraud. Proprietary source codes, etc. I'll try to post some links re this. Sometimes the cure really is worse than the disease. / But, I gather that CA has a pretty good election system overall. (They sure got a good Sec'y/State website...puts ours in CT to shame...)Hey, but you're a whole huge Nation out there. Of course things take some time :).

Wolfgang: " 'All systems are flawed' (Pooka). Perhaps not all, in a purely technical sense, but those that aren't are flawed in another sense." >Well then, I believe I can rest my case. / Very good points, sir. The "Fair" does not necessarily produce the "Good". (Whew. Bumping up against my Philosophical Ceiling, here...)