Our country moved to electronic voting in public elections before the technology was ready, ... This center will develop the fundamental science necessary for secure, accessible, trustworthy and transparent voting.

You will expect me to discuss the late election. Well, as nearly as I can learn, we did not have enough votes on our side.

It's the concept of having a computer voting machine that bothers me, more so than the specific poor implementation that we have from Diebold.

Many of the touted advantages of electronic voting can still be achieved with paper ballots if you use a computerized ballot marking scheme.

In previous elections, we've had voting stations overrun by panicky mobs, and there's been a bit more obvious intimidation.

Nowadays, with the electronic voting systems, you don't know what even looks suspicious if you're an elections official. You need people who understand software and software security to understand what the risks are.