As demonstrated in this video, those new fancy-schmancy electronic voting machines that are being roled out in a number of states are far from perfect, and can potentially cause some major havoc when incorrect votes are cast simply by the touch screen being miscalibrated:
In a nutshell, most of these voting machines are using an older, cheap technology called a resistive touch screen, that requires you to tell it what sides of the screen are up, down, left and right before you start using it. Without that initial step, the touches recorded on such a screen can be seemingly random. It’s also possible, if you know what you’re doing, to purposefully miscalibrate a touch screen.
This is different from the newer (and more expensive) capacitive touch screen technology on devices like the T-Mobile G1, LD Dare or iPhone, which don’t require calibration. So good accurate touch screens are easy to get for your $199 cell phone, but too rich for government blood, it seems. Hooray for technology by the lowest bidder!
The moral of this situation: don’t trust the voting machine. Verify your votes and make sure they are being recorded properly. If not, RAISE HELL!