Comment by James H. Menasian (Voter)

As one who has been a professional Computer Programmer for the past 20 years, it is definitely clear that no software application is 100% immune to errors. In addition, computer hardware can malfunction (or be deliberateley manipulated!) at any stage of their design, manufacture and use. Testing and debugging, along with all forms of Q&A review, is never 100% perfect. Therefore it is absolutely essential that a physical paper trail (which was previously verified by each individual voter!) be available. Because there is no such thing as 100% Software Independence, without a paper trail backup, I will never feel confident that my vote has accurately been recorded.