How great are the risks of using DRE machines?
The risks of paperless DRE machines are large. Programming errors are an inevitable fact of life given current technology. With these paperless DRE machines, there is nothing that can stop a determined group from achieving large-scale election theft. We see no reason why major problems will not occur, including obviously messed up elections, election of incorrect candidates, and, certainly, disillusioned and disenfranchised voters. DRE voting systems that use voter-verified paper ballots have natural safeguards against numerous forms of fraudulent election behavior. Current DRE systems have no such safeguards.
