Last time I checked, printing out ballots and several boxes of pens are less than the cost of even a single machine.
The problem is not the cost, it's the process and the people making the decisions using the wrong criteria.
Why Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea - Computerphile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI
<x> Security High Priority-Until It Comes to Paying for <securing x> is true for way too many values of x.
Last time I checked, printing out ballots and several boxes of pens are less than the cost of even a single machine.
The problem is not the cost, it's the process and the people making the decisions using the wrong criteria.