From Jim Adler:
Why can't counting ballots be as precise and mundane as counting money in the bank? Democracy can be messy, but that doesn't mean counting our votes should be, too.
Think about the trust we place in banks to handle our money properly. Trust in banks relies on transparency -- transparency made possible by customer verification and independent audit. To regain voter trust, our elections must now strive for similar voter verification and independent audit.
Recent experience in our state and across the country has shown how elections fall short. According to the American Bankers Association, electronic banking loses just $500 for every million. As a result, bank customers conduct millions of banking transactions every day with nearly universal trust.
Contrast this with elections where we lose one ballot for every 50 cast, according to the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project. Electronic banking is 40 times better than our elections. It's clear that there's room for improvement.
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