It's always nice to hear from citizens of budding democracies. Brasil has had a democratic government since 1985. A full 25 years. Take it from a citizen from an 'old' democracy, now over 160 years old: democracy needs defending. Always. Even if an electronic process works now, if people start to trust it someone can still take advantage of the flaws at a later moment. Lets do a small mental excercise:
- 2010, electronic elections are a complete succes. No fraud whatsoever.
- 2014, people welcome a new democratically elected leader only two hours after the close of polls.
- 2018, even though the democratically elected leader seems to have less support, he or she wins again, this time by a narrow margin
- 2022, the elected leader, now less popular than ever cannot run for president again. He, however, has a protege that is 'acceptable' to many Brasilians. Polls are uncertain if he will take the lead on election day. The president has managed to influence the electronic voting process in an unexpected and mostly covert way to get his protege into office. The president and the protege assure everyone the elections were democratic and honest, even though the difference with the nearest opponent was less than 2%... Are you sure your new president is truly the man the people wanted?
The funny thing? The US has demonstrated that even a small amount of 'automation' might lead to such results and we all know how that ended.
To summarize: STFU and go insist on paper ballots all the way or don't come and complain that your rights have been 'eroded' come next elections. The chance that Brasil reverts to some form of dictatorship is quite a bit greater than the same thing happening in the US, or most western european states.