The trust issue comes down to the voter understanding their vote intent contributes to the tally.<p>When the voter expresses this on a physical ballot, that chain of trust is intact.  They know the record of their vote is accurate.<p>Audits of this, taking the vote to court, etc... is all possible.  Machine assists work well from there, and do not generally present a problem.<p>Oregon and other states do this with vote by mail.  It works, and electronic means help with registration, and the state does auto registration too.  Changes, ballot tracking, validation, party registration are all super easy and robust.<p>When we move that vote to a machine captured intent, the voter lacks that chain of trust.  They cannot know their vote contributed to the tally, unless votes are personally identifiable somehow.<p>Bringing records into court, etc... are all problematic as well.<p>That chain of trust is foundational to the overall validity of the process.<p>We don&#x27;t really need e voting.  What we do need is improved focus on transparent, efficient, trustworthy processes.