The Florida Dept. of State has determined that machines are infallible and that therefore no recount of touchscreen system votes is or ever will be necessary:
Secretary of State Glenda Hood said there are no certified methods of printing records of touchscreen votes, but she stressed that the machines are reliable and accurate and can't be tampered."We're working very hard to educate the voters, to build the comfort level and to get rid of some of the myths out there," Hood said. "I think these things are raised for political purposes and distractions. Any effort to undermine that public confidence is a tactic that is wrong and I believe it weakens our democracy by causing voters to doubt if their vote has been counted."
According to Ms. Hood's logic, a manipulated vote count doesn't weaken democracy; voters who think the vote might have been manipulated weaken democracy.
Simply staggering.
(Via Daily Kos)