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Answer from: U.S. Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX)

I don’t know where we go with that to be honest with you. But I think you have to look at technology in a way that will enhance the efficiency and the accuracy of the voting process. But as you know there is something real fundamental and that is we still want a paper trail, and understanding that concept which I support, we still go back to the machine itself which is being utilized and is being programmed. These electronic machines do have applications, they do have programs, they do have software and source codes. All of what I would simply say is that adds a another dimension of whether you can actually identify or trace something that went wrong during its use, during the election and do so subsequent to the election. That is a challenge.

Answered on Mar 13th, 2008