Challenges and Solutions in Electronic Voting: The Need for Paper Receipts

The video discusses the increasing use of touch screen electronic voting machines and the issues faced during recent elections, such as computer glitches and security concerns. California's Secretary of State, Kevin Shelley, has taken measures to ensure voting security by requiring paper receipts for ballots by 2006. Nevada is also implementing similar requirements. However, the machines issuing receipts are not widely tested, and there are concerns about the accountability of private corporations involved in the voting process.

What was the reaction of federal election officials regarding the introduction of paper receipts?

According to some scholars, what responsibility have local officials ceded to private corporations?