In the first thorough study of a paper-backed system -- often seen as an answer to concerns about touch-screen voting -- the nonpartisan Election Science Intistute (sic) found that about 10 percent of the paper ballots sampled were uncountable. And in Ohio, that's a big problem: The paper ballot is the official ballot if there's a recount.
If Diebold's ATM machines failed to record a transaction 10% of the time they'd be out of business, and would have the Feds breathing down their necks. But voting machines fail? Meh. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I think incompetence can explain most things like this, but do we really want incompetence deciding an election?
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