Jeremy Epstein | What did Virginia learn about voting systems in 2008?

The election is over. But is it? What can we learn from the election itself?
First, optical scan systems are the voter’s friend. Forward-looking localities that added optical scan systems had far shorter lines than localities with only DRE (“touch screen”) machines. If lots of voters show up and you’re using optical scan, you hand out more pens and voting continues; if you’re using a DRE you’re out of luck and lines may result. We need optical scan systems uniformly across the Commonwealth. Read more