"I just heard them played back on the electronic machine."
Recently the big news has all been about the latest electronic machines and computer programs for them.
It was the first time that electronic voting machines were used.
Another poll worker helped people vote on the electronic machine.
But electronic voting machines without a paper trail would be even more so.
He plans to have electronic machines in at least one borough by the fall of 2004.
Serious questions, however, are emerging about the reliability and security of electronic machines.
"We're in the business of making electronic machines, not cigarettes."
The next, he said, will most likely be the purchase of new electronic voting machines.
For the first time, electronic voting machines will be used by all voters across India.