To the Editor:

 

In choosing paperless voting machines, Commissioners Cawley and Martin have refused to take seriously the concerns of the many Bucks County voters who want paper ballots as proof that their votes count as intended. They say we can trust the manufacturers' secret proprietary programming despite all the contrary evidence of computer experts and our own Government Accountability Office, as documented at CoalitionforVotingIntegrity.org. Mr. Cawley and Mr. Martin are ignoring the fact that there is no way to know when there are inaccuracies with paperless electronic voting machines unless the tallies are so wildly improbable that someone happens to notice. Even then, there is no way to audit or recount elections with paperless electronic voting machines, no matter what the vendors say.

 

Thank you, Commissioner Miller, for supporting the voters' need for paper proof that their votes count. If only your fellow commissioners understood that.

 

Barbara Glassman

Pipersville