Are Voting Machines Reliable?  voting, keteyian, election CBS
Nothing stirs political blood quite like an incumbent's own
survival, which was a big reason that members of Congress were
questioning the security of electronic voting machines Thursday,
CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian
reports.  The machines in question include the Diebold Accu Vote
TSX. Translation: Your ballot box.  This November, for the first
time, more than 80 percent of all votes in this country will be
cast or counted electronically. It's the result of the federal
law that Congress passed in the wake of the Bush-Gore "hanging
chad" debacle, requiring that states and counties phase out
paper ballots in favor of touch-screens and optical scanners.
"There will be glitches, but I think in the end result, you can
have confidence in the system," says Paul DeGregorio, chairman
of the Election Assistance Commission.  But lately, trust has
been shaken. In a recent Maryland primary, officials forgot to
include 13,000 elect