Comment Re:MY Perfect Voting Machine (Score 1) 245
Just a few tweaks: Two or more election officials who can count. A box with a slot that can be sealed. Scrutineers from the various parties involved to spot check for irregularities. An accurate list of who is eligible to vote.
Well, you just described the Brazilian voting system. The only difference is that there is no box with slot.
I'm not saying that our system is perfect. Read the previous discussion here in Slashdot after that elections... But when you have people from the various parties checking on the spot and during the accounting of the machines, it makes much more difficult to tamper with.
One thing that I read in the original article, that shocked me was "workers often forget to install the [tamper-proof] tape or take proper action when they discover that the tape over a compartment has been broken"!!! Come on! What is this??? And these are the guys mentioned above that receive $100 a day for working there???
Sorry, but the problem is not in the machines...
Well, you just described the Brazilian voting system. The only difference is that there is no box with slot.
I'm not saying that our system is perfect. Read the previous discussion here in Slashdot after that elections... But when you have people from the various parties checking on the spot and during the accounting of the machines, it makes much more difficult to tamper with.
One thing that I read in the original article, that shocked me was "workers often forget to install the [tamper-proof] tape or take proper action when they discover that the tape over a compartment has been broken"!!! Come on! What is this??? And these are the guys mentioned above that receive $100 a day for working there???
Sorry, but the problem is not in the machines...
