Accessibility is one area where paper ballots perform very poorly.
The Help America Votes Act, which spurred much of this new voting technology, specifically says voting places and ballots should be accessible by voters with disabilities such as the blind. This is very hard to accomplish in a secure, protected way without a machine. Some polling places have paper ballots for most, and machines reserved for the disabled.
The Help America Votes Act, which spurred much of this new voting technology, specifically says voting places and ballots should be accessible by voters with disabilities such as the blind. This is very hard to accomplish in a secure, protected way without a machine. Some polling places have paper ballots for most, and machines reserved for the disabled.