Touch-screen, computerized ballots — officially known as Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting systems — are not a way station to a glorious, all-Internet future for American democracy. They’re a technology cul-de-sac. An election system should be accessible, simple, and efficient. But it must also be as secure, risk-free, and confidence-inducing as possible. Reacting to the […]
Phil Keisling
Phil Keisling served as Oregon's secretary of state from 1991 to 1999

