Quite apart from any conspiracy theories...i would be very uncomfortable with a voting process that left no paper trail.
nope! I believe it was recently shot down by congress to have UN elections oversite. http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2004/07/1699577.php Also caused quite a stir on the house floor!
It's just sad that only 4 short years ago Al Gore was the main event, and now he barely made it into "prime time". But then again only 4 short years ago we had a budget surplus . So things can change very rapidly.