I voted early, but I didn’t use one of those creepy touchscreen voting machines. I got a paper ballot instead.
Yes, I know that California isn’t using the Diebold machines (my county is using AVC Edge). But I still think we need a better electronic voting system. I am biased towards David Chaum’s Votegrity system, probably because I think using blinded signatures is a slick technique for an e-voting system.
If you want to learn more about David Chaum’s scheme but don’t have a PhD in math, check out “Tilting at the Ballot Box” from the September issue of Business 2.0 (local mirror).
Until we get a real electronic voting system, I’m going to stick to the paper ballots.