Tabella has a post below noting that the North Carolina election law changes require paper ballots by 2018.  This is a catastrophic idea.  Paper ballots are the worst possible method for voting.  They are an invitation to manipulation and fraud.  More voter fraud has occurred through the use of paper ballots than any other method of election rigging.  Unfortunately, many unfamiliar with actual election administration (read: the tin-foil hat gang that thinks machines can be hacked from outer space) are more worried about electronic machines than paper ballots.  That’s too bad.  They are wrong.  The paranoia fueled movement to turn back the clock and use paper ballots is harming the integrity of American elections to an even greater degree than the voter fraud deniers opposing voter ID. The best election system is an optical scan system with electronic tabulation, period.  That North Carolina didn’t chose that option is a tragedy.