Analysis: Why did Barrett lose and Walker win?

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49. what short changes the democratic process is having our votes counted in secret

by machines that are known to flip and mistabulate votes and have security problems that undermine the integrity of elections in which they are used.

http://wcmcoop.com/members/election-protection-gotv-and-a-paper-ballot-on-election-day/
Even Kevin Kennedy, Director of the Wisconsin GAB, doesn't trust touchscreen machines!
Kennedy expressed concern over the municipalities in the Badger State that will use electronic technology without a paper trail of votes. He said those machines have no way of proving the real voting numbers in case of a malfunction....Despite the convenience AVC machines present to older people, Kennedy said the electronic technology’s inability to recover ballots is a potential problem.
BADGER HERALD; State to use scanners to tally votes -- by Yana Paskova; Oct. 27, 2004 http://badgerherald.com/news/2004/10/27/state_to_use_scanner.php

Kennedy: "sometimes you can’t measure the errors with touch screen because there’s no way of knowing what the voter thought they did and what the machine said they did."
www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=25630 (From an interview c. 2001-2002)

Kevin Kennedy, State Elections Board executive director, said that although other states are championing touch-screen voting, he doesn't expect the trend to spread to Wisconsin until manufacturers can provide more verification of the machines' results...."The popular myth is that you can't trust something unless it's paperless, but we do it every day," he said. "The question is: Can we set a verifiable procedure? There are legitimate concerns about security."
By Matt Conn For the Wausau Daily Herald [circa 2001-2002]