ridiculous

these friggin morons... Republicans will do ANYTHING to ensure the use of their Diebold vote fraud machines. Today's Baltimore Sun contains this article... on the Maryland Board of Elections' decision to conduct a 'study' to "help legislators decide whether there should be a paper trail" that would be auditable after the election is over. Maryland's Annotated Code considering, only a moron would think that there shouldn't be... From Maryland's election law:

(c) The State Board may not certify a voting system unless, the State Board determines that: (1) the voting system will:

(i) protect the secrecy of the ballot; (ii) protect the security of the voting process; (iii) count and record all votes accurately; (iv) accommodate any ballot used under this article; (v) protect all other rights of voters and candidates; and (vi) be capable of creating a paper record of all votes cast in order that an audit trail is available in the event of a recount;

[oh, and just in case you were wondering if these machines are infallible, they aren't]