I decided to use the new electronic voting machine we had at my precinct in DC. It was cool, a lot like an ATM, had a "en espanol" option, and overall, wasn't bad, though it IS a bit confusing. It took me back a few times at some points, like when it gets upset if you don't vote for EVERY position on the ballot (some, like local school board, I just didn't feel up on the candidates enough to vote intelligently). It didn't like that. But in a way, that's good, because it made me double and triple check that I wanted to skip that vote, then it showed me how I voted one last time before submitting my ballot, which was also cool. The only thing it didn't do is give a paper readout of my ballot, that could then be put in a separate box just in case. Other than that, not bad.
You can see a bad picture of my ballot here:
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FYI - my DC electronic ballot
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