Here in the United States, a government research agency has concluded paperless electronic voting machines jeopardize voting because they “cannot be made secure.” In what The Washington Post calls the most sweeping condemnation of electronic voting by a federal agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, says votes should be counted independently of the software in voting machines used across the United States. Opponents of electronic voting are urging the Election Assistance Commission to adopt NIST’s recommendations.