It's OK to want paper ballots

Your "Paper ballots? Never again" editorial was less than satisfying. I can understand that you might not like conservative presidential candidate Ron Paul, but you don't have to insult him and his supporters with cute little phrases like "got to be kidding." Since you apparently don't know — or were too lazy to investigate — there is a current bill in Congress, HR811, with 216 co-sponsors to require electronic voting machines be backed up by good old reliable (and recountable) paper ballots.

Wanting paper ballots is not "ridiculous." Your editorial is.

Mark E. Baxter

Layton