Secure Voting software

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Listening to National Public Radio while reading comp.lang.python. What a life!

I just heard a piece on NPR about the security failures of an electronic voting
system being developed. I know a voting system could be developed in python. I
am working on a simulator myself to run via the web (a personal project only)

Are there any features which would make python a viable alternative to develop 
a real voting system for use in the US? Why or why not?

What things must I keep in mind when I design a python application to be
secure?

Since python is developed using C, can  python be free from the buffer overrun
problems which plague other C programs?

allen