My Grandmother is convinced that the world has been destroyed by computers. While she has always been an early adopter of every new kitchen or household gadget that hit the market, she is vehemently against anything that could be described as digital. When she heard that television would eventually change to digital format she swore that the day television switched over to digital would be the day her TV would go into the garbage. When I asked her why the idea of digital television upset her so much she didn't have an answer. Her reaction was purely emotional and, to me, completely illogical. To some, my own negative reaction to touch-screen voting is also illogical, mostly because I live in an area that uses an optical scan voting system and thus people wonder why I even care.

So I was happy to read the New York Times Magazine's article on electronic voting in yesterday's edition. It's comprehensive, interesting, and an appropriate read to ring-in this new (election) year.