Should The United States Use Electronic Voting?

There are benefits and drawbacks to using both paper ballots and electronic voting machines. Many factors need to be taken into consideration, such as the environment, who is voting, and security reasons. For example paper ballots are less environmentally friendly than electonic machines, but older voters may not be as comfortable using them. My opinion is that the state should make a compromise. The options of EVM's or paper ballots should be offered, to make the process quick and simple for every voter.

Environmentally, EVM's would be the best choice, since they do not produce any paper waste. Physical ballots are used and then disposed of, which makes for a lot of unnecessary trash. However, paper ballots are cheaper than the machines, which makes some people question whether this method is worth it. I think in the long run, it is a much better investment, because machines can be reused while ballots can't. The problem is some states can't afford
The population is very diverse, and factors like language, age, and physical disabilities can inhibit some people from voting. Due to the cost, paper ballots only come in a limited number of languages. For example, New York has ballots in English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean; about 138 different languages are spoken in the borough of Queens alone. Voting machines can be programmed to offer almost any other languages, making it much easier for non English speaking people to vote. I belive in this case it would be much more time and cost efficient to use EMV's to vote.

Security is another issue with voting. On one hand voting with the machine can be safer because they are not connected to internet, but they can stll be messed with before use. In 2007 an article explaining how, with the right tools, a michine could be tampered with, was published in a national magazine. Although this may be true, 2007 was 10 years ago, and technological advancements have most likely been