The report regarding the WinVote equipment is the latest warning that more concerns are ahead.  Changing to a new voting system is never easy and will take funding, By dealing with this now, we can prevent future problems that will only get worse.  This equipment uses OLD techonolgy, Windows XP, which is no longer supported. These computers are breaking down.  The security vulnerbility should scare us, especially with all the news about hacking and loss of information.  Most people don't wait for their car to totally break to replace it. Localities that did not plan for the replacement have only themselves to blame for the disruption, but it is no excuse for doing nothing.

We have had several very close elections in Virginia, WinVote does not provide a recountable receipt.  Yes, the tapes can be re-run but that is not tha same a having each ballot examined.  Confidence in the system is of the upmost importance, this is not about the convenience of the status quo, its about knowing that our votes are properly tabulated.