Snafu isn’t synonymous with a screw-up, John. A snafu is a situation that by its nature is habitually beset with screw-ups. Snafu is a word that is often used incorrectly ? or perhaps better stated, incompletely. It is an acronym of military origin (circa World War II) that means “Situation Normal: All F[oul]ed Up.” To describe something as snafu is not just to remark upon the occurrence of a screw-up, but also to pass judgment upon the system or situation behind it as tending toward or encouraging screw-ups.

Thus from the talk today and the CSM piece you provide, it seems as if electronic voting is indeed snafu.