Why is voting stuck in the 19th century?

I'm watching Barack and Michelle live on CNN casting their votes in Chicago. It is taking them like 10 minutes -- what on earth do they make you do in Illinois, draw a picture of the candidate?

Fern just called me to find out who else to vote for on the ballot, I'm very honored. But once she got in the archaic NYC booth (my actual voting booth pictured left), she pulled the lever across after clicking her presidential choice because she thought you pull the lever after each one, a totally logical mistake, especially for someone who has spent more time in casinos than voting booths.

Shouldn't voting be important enough that it's easy, fast, simple? Props to my home state of Oregon, the only all-mail-in ballot state. Kinda ironic though, that the state that founded recycling uses so much paper...