Originally posted by TheDudeDVant
lol and you would disagree with this? You dont believe the ability to recount the votes to be a valid idea??
I think you are missing the point. With touch screen machine tabulation there is no need for a manual recount. If the machines work properly the votes will be counted far more accurately than a punch card system ever could be. Of course this removes the possibility of tampering with the "chad" which is what I believe the Democrats are really objecting to.
BTW, I'm not sure exactly how the touch screen machines work but when I voted using one on the 18th I was given a magnetic card to put into the machine which I then gave back to the poll people. I was also given a print out with my cert number. There is a vote trail here and I believe this system is probably far less vulnerable to tampering. Again, this is what I believe the Democrats object to. They've already proven that they are willing to throw around false accusations of voter intimidation freely. BTW, how many cases of voter intimidation were ever proven during the 2000 election? Not even one.