New Mexico state switching to paper ballots

From Glenn Reynolds:

GOOD IDEA: "New Mexico's 33 counties will switch from a patchwork of voting methods to a single paper-ballot system under a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Bill Richardson. The governor, who pushed the proposal through the recent legislative session, said the system would make voting more secure and restore the public's confidence in elections."

Actually, it sounds like a great idea! It's bad news for the manufacturers of electronic voting machines, of course, but they've had years to build in security sufficient to earn popular trust, and they've failed miserably at that task.