Computers are marvellous machines that are necessary for carrying out complex tasks where speed and/or computational power are very important. Computers are used in image recognition, the guidance of missiles and airplanes, surgery robotics, the management of nuclear power plants, the management of the worldwide telephone network, hurricane forecasting, etc, etc.

But in elections we simply need to tally-up votes, that is to count 1 + 1 + 1 ... + 1. I wouldn't say we need the power of computers to do such an addition! Neither do we need the speed of computers because it is perfectly acceptable to have electoral results in a dozen hours time instead of a few seconds. Thus, the use of computers in voting is not only dangerous but also unnecessary!

Thus, we can use computers everywhere except elections, but we don't have to worry: mankind has a very good chance of surviving just the same!