Head in the Sand

I am confused.

In South Carolina, the Republican Primary was plagued with voting machine failures, where people used scraps of paper to cast their votes, and come this Saturday, the State will STILL USE THE SAME BROKEN MACHINES. Now I don’t know, this isn’t a new issue, about the electronic voting machines, so what is it about these machines that has so many states refusing to PROTECT THE VOTING PROCESS?

Okay, maybe I am spoiled because up here we use paper ballots and frankly it is easy. I spend more time waiting in line to vote, than in voting, and I know that by about 9pm my time, I know who won. So what the heck is the problem in the States? People can’t count? Worse I think, is that everything is at the last minute.  I mean California de-certified its machines, and now Colorado is switching to paper ballots for the 2008 election, to insure vote integrity.

So why isn’t South Carolina?