E-voting: Yes or no?
High-tech methods examined at national conference

By Daniel Sieberg
CNN Headline News
Wednesday, December 10, 2003

(CNN) -- The U.S. presidential election is less than a year away, but some tech experts have lingering and deep-rooted concerns about the way electronic voting is being handled.

In 2000, several counties used high-tech machines for the first time, such as touch screens, though most places still relied on punch card or paper ballots. During the 2002 election, an increasing number of counties deployed the automated machines, partly in response to the hanging chad debacle in Florida. For example, the entire state of Georgia used machines from a company called Diebold.

Politicians hoped the new devices would save money, make the process more efficient and accurate, and alleviate any discrepancies.

To a certain degree, that happened. But other problems have arisen and the controversy has been re-ignited in the past few months.

E-voting: Yes or no?