Thanks to my e-voting guy for this story from North Dakota, where, to their credit, officials were disturbed by the recent study that “concluded that Diebold’s machine could be easily manipulated by someone with little computer savvy.

“Common voters, without any insider privileges, can cast unlimited votes without being detected by any mechanisms within the voting terminal,” it said. “As a society, we must carefully consider the risks inherent in electronic voting, as it places our very democracy at risk.””

That’s right. The answer? A paper ballot and a ballpoint pen.