20% of votes in 2004 won't have a paper trail

From Body and Soul: Body and Soul: Diebold With a Vengeance:

Did you know that twenty percent of the votes cast in November will be on electronic machines without a paper trail? That stunned me. I had no idea it was that high. That's an election standing on its hind legs and begging to be stolen.

Given the present extremes of corruption and disdain for law among those holding the reins of political power, this is very bad news. Body and Soul also notes that the military has decided against overseas internet voting (thank god), and links to this scary article: Rigged Election Called Possible:

Could someone hack an election?

Yes, according to a report presented to the Maryland Legislature Thursday by Raba Technologies, a consulting firm. Maryland hired Raba's computer scientists to hack into its Diebold electronic voting system. The researchers found that software vulnerabilities could allow a saboteur to vote multiple times or tamper with computer code to steal an election.

"The team was able to demonstrate the ability to switch two candidates," the Raba scientists warned legislators. "Consequently, the voter appeared to vote for the candidate of his choice but he actually voted for another candidate."

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