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"...computer scientists pointed out to Congress that these electronic voting machines can’t be audited because there’s no record of the voters’ intentions. There’s no way of checking the actual numerical electronic count against the voters’ intentions." Shocking! Electronic voting machines can’t be audited! There’s no record of the voters’ intentions! How terrible! Congress has to do something (to make sure elections turn out the way they want?) Pardon my sarcasm above but it was my understanding that we enjoyed a secret ballot in this country. The only legal audit of voter intentions is the total number of votes cast for or against a candidate or an issue. As for checking the count, electronic voting actually makes it easier to verify that the total number of votes cast does not exceed the number of voters. Electronic voting also eliminates questions that arise when a voter changes his mind in the voting booth. The machine allows you to do this with no question of erasures not being complete or of "hanging chad".