Comment Re:Very wierd that the richest country in (Score 1) 153
On the contrary voter machines in India have been extremely effective...even in absolute lawless remote villages and areas where forced voting was common and things were managed by powerful goons, these machines have restored normalcy.
A single machine could cast only a few votes per minutes. That means even if some one forces in a remote village polling booth and tries to forcefully vote, he can cast hardly a few votes until corrective action is ensured.
Secondly they ensure accurate counting and when votes run into a few million per constituency, the counting could be finished off in minutes rather than days.
Third they are secure and portable. There are regions in India which used to require arduous procedures just to transfer ballot boxes and then securing them and bring them back to main counting centers. A voting machine which is just the size of a laptop could be shipped much more safely.
And last of all there have been no instances of rigging them yet.
I believe if they are effective in a vast chaotic election scenario such as India where more than 1 billion people are involved, I have no reason to believe they cannot handle a much more advanced and sophisticated crowd in US. I found US to be much more techno savvy...It is really hard to understand then why such a big fuss around the use of technology....and moreover one which has proven its worth.
A single machine could cast only a few votes per minutes. That means even if some one forces in a remote village polling booth and tries to forcefully vote, he can cast hardly a few votes until corrective action is ensured.
Secondly they ensure accurate counting and when votes run into a few million per constituency, the counting could be finished off in minutes rather than days.
Third they are secure and portable. There are regions in India which used to require arduous procedures just to transfer ballot boxes and then securing them and bring them back to main counting centers. A voting machine which is just the size of a laptop could be shipped much more safely.
And last of all there have been no instances of rigging them yet.
I believe if they are effective in a vast chaotic election scenario such as India where more than 1 billion people are involved, I have no reason to believe they cannot handle a much more advanced and sophisticated crowd in US. I found US to be much more techno savvy...It is really hard to understand then why such a big fuss around the use of technology....and moreover one which has proven its worth.
