Much of it is what you're used to. I grew up with the lever machines in Ohio, but by the time I reached voting age they'd gone to punch-card ballots (of the Florida "butterfly" sort, no less, although the actual "butterfly" situation I've never actually seen happen on an Ohio ballot). As a result, neither really scares me... but I'm somehow more trusting of the lever-based machines, which are still in use here in Pennsylvania.
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Date: 2004-11-03 09:30 pm (UTC)