The voting technology industrysupposedly profits a meager $300 Million dollars a year, but the states pay an inordinate amount to keep the machines versions up to date. One state alone just spent $95 Million dollars to upgrade their machines to the newest model. So if the average cost to a state is say $100 Million to keep the machines up to date, then there is a $5 BILLION dollar outlay every few years all states combined. This is not even counting other countries worldwide. The election business is a big business.