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Yes, those are all good suggestions as to how the system could be made legitimate and hard to subvert but unfortunately the exact opposite of those suggestions are being made. For example companies like diebold are refusing to let their code be reviewed and like the article stated the paper trail aspect is being treated as a 'we will do it if you force us to' afterthought.

Faced with these issues I think the system is being set up so it can be rigged by the political machines that control the particular voting precincts.