It would be far easier for folks in Tallahassee to help the locals buy a few new and shiny machines and hope for the best with all the current political arrangements. Arrangements which, needless to say, include the current system of campaign fund-raising. And then there's the matter of even having somebody to vote for all, no matter how good or bad and regardless of how the ballots might be tallied. In past 20 years, about a third of state House elections were decided without an election. The Legislature is so good at creating designer legislative districts tailored to its membership that a competitive election is a quaint rarity.
Congressional districts are even worse.
It seems that even if government buys new and improved voting machines, they won't get much of a workout. Yes, let them talk about Flori-duh after our neat new voting machines arrive. But I'd be happier still if some actual competitive choices were included in the software. Mark Lane is a News-Journal columnist.