On September 1, a New Jersey Superior Court issued a lengthy opinion, upholding the use of vote-counting electronic machines that have no paper trail. Gusciora v Corzine, L-2691-04, Mercer County. The decision does require New Jersey elections officials to harden guidelines for anti-virus software, to prevent vote-counting computers from ever being connected to the internet, to improve seals on the machines, and to review procedures on preventing anyone from tampering with the machines while they are in storage or in transit.

New Jersey has already changed its law to require a paper trail, but the state hasn’t implemented the new law yet. Thanks to John Paff and John Carbone for this news.