Electronic Voting

I'm not sure that these articles really changed my perception of electronic voting, but they did make me more aware of the situation. The real issue to me was raised in the 2nd article. The United States needs to form some sort of overall election standard that all the states can agree on. Once there is a universal standard then strange things like the random alphabet of California can be fixed. Once these issues are straightened out a more specialized electronic voting machine could be created that addressed the concern of the 3rd article that the machines were too complex. My last issue on the machines is that to me electronic and computer based devices always run the risk of being hacked. While it's not impossible to tamper with paper ballots it is time consuming. With an electronic voting machine you could alter hundereds or thousands of votes with a mere click. That's what worries me most about electronic voting. The ease and usablitly is a clear plus over the old method.