Having participated in my second Iowa caucus (Dean in 2004, Edwards in 2008), and having suffered the slings and arrows of Kos's endless criticisms of the Iowa Democratic Caucus as undemocratic, I wanted to pass along some precinct "internals" that might interest supporters of the progressive cause...

This was originally posted as a comment, but I wanted to clarify and flesh it out a bit for everyone:

I am very frustrated at the level of confusion about the viability of electronic voting and what it means for past and future elections.

Many IT professionals have written at some length about electonic voting, its shortcomings and its advantages. If electronic voting is done right, it can be just as trustworthy as any other balloting system. There is no reason for complete Luddism. There is, however, an enormous problem with the system as it exists today.(MUCH MORE)