Optical Voting Machines May Leave Paper Trail, but Problems Still Rampant

On this Super Tuesday, questions about the effectiveness of voting machines are once again beginning to surface.  Most voters will be casting their ballots on an optical scan voting machine – these machines generate a paper trail, but scan and record the votes electronically.  Five states in today's primaries still use touch screen machines.

Because of the paper trial, optical scanners are perceived as being the more secure option.  But already today, there have been reports of voting machine failure – the most publicized instance was in Hoboken, New Jersey where the state's Governor was forced to wait nearly an hour because the machine wasn't working.  Dozens of voters were turned away in the meantime.

Reporter Dori Smith brings us a story from another state that uses the optical scan machines - Connecticut.  Voters there are currently at the polls.