BBV coming to St. Louis County

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/8ECDB69DA6B218AE862570670010D1FA?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2C%22ballot%22

St. Louis County gets peek at scan, touch voting systems
By Jo Mannies
Post-Dispatch Political Correspondent
08/23/2005

The public can get its first look Thursday and Friday at new voting systems that St. Louis County election officials are considering to replace the punch card ballots that have been used since the mid-1970s.

But except for certain focus groups, public observers may have to look and not touch.

County Election Board chairman John Diehl said that selected groups of would-be voters, notably the elderly and handicapped, will first be asked to try out the devices. Election workers from various regional jurisdictions also will be able to test the machines for ease of use.

imo.

In science, this is not as large an issue because independent confirmation from separate events is part of the process.

In elections, it's a dealbreaker. Physical evidence is needed the entire way for unique events like those.