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Open source is certainly better, to avoid possible trap doors (intentional or otherwise), but even then there is always the possibility that a well-financed group of hackers could crack it and subvert an election. Of course, we've seen recently how manual balloting has problems, but at least these are mostly local - it's hard to target an entire state or country at once, except insofar as cheating one or two municipalities might be sufficient in a very close election. But at least we have the paper evidence.

Faster, cheaper, and better is not always "better" - slow and awkward has its merits in some circumstances, such as justice, courtship and elections.

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