Re:The Solution is Obvious (Score 1)

I'm from Brazil too. Our voting is far from perfect. I believe a voting system should be entirely open. from all the processes to the hardware and software. I believe it's *the only way* it should be done in a democracy. *Everyone* must have the right to audit the system. Not everyone will be capable of understanding it, but a citizen should have the assurance that he could.

that being said, I will also state that we are pretty content and confident in our system.

So I'll make my considerations on the US issue: weve been using our system for some time.(about 6 years or something?) and there really was an adaptation period. There was a number of contingency plans in case thinks went poof. I remember that there was a backup pencil&paper setup ready to be set up in case the machine failed. There was also an auditing think in the first election that printed (yes, as in a piece of paper) your vote and inserted it in a ballot. you could actually *see* your candidates name in paper. You guys have this kind of stuff?