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Interesting,
In my article I had the link:
http://www.tse.gov.br/eleicoes/urna_eletronica/simulacao_votacao/UrnaApplet.htm

You just pointed to another link on the same site:
http://www.tse.gov.br/internet/eleicoes/urna_eletronica/simulacao_votacao/2008/SimUrnaBR.html

I wonder what the difference is?

Interesting,
In my article I had the link:
http://www.tse.gov.br/eleicoes/urna_eletronica/simulacao_votacao/UrnaApplet.htm

You just pointed to another link on the same site:
http://www.tse.gov.br/internet/eleicoes/urna_eletronica/simulacao_votacao/2008/SimUrnaBR.html

I wonder what the difference is?

In case anyone wants to see how do we vote on these machines, here's a link to a voting simulation.

Just choose any of the fake candidates on the bottom and enter their number; press the green button to confirm, orange to correct, or white for a blank vote. For a null vote, enter any number not associated with any candidate.

Just for reference, Brazil currently has 27 registered political parties.

Brazil has been using eletronic voting devices for about 6 years. Next month we will have elections sessions for municipal mayors, and we are going to use the eletronic voting system. This system is very reliable.

This Java applet simulates the Brazilian eletronic voting system we use (it is in portuguese).

For several year the voting system in Brazil is done by eletronic devices. But many people argue (portuguese) that it is insecure, and unfortunately the system is not open source.

It's simple, just type the candidate's number (in the bottom) in the machine and hit the green light.

The orange button corrects a error and the white button cast a vote for none of the candidates. A wrong number will invalidate your voting.

http://www.tse.gov.br/eleicoes/eleicoes2002/

The results were known within hours. The code is digitally signed, and the parties were allowed to check the source code. There is no wires, the device generates a diskette that is encrypted and signed before being sent to TSE. Some cities was experimenting a printer attached to extra security.

Diebold voting terminals

Brazil's vote - fast but fiddly

http://www.tse.gov.br/eleicoes/eleicoes2002/

The results were known within hours. The code is digitally signed, and the parties were allowed to check the source code. There is no wires, the device generates a diskette that is encrypted and signed before being sent to TSE. Some cities was experimenting a printer attached to extra security.

Diebold voting terminals

Brazil's vote - fast but fiddly

In the Bazilian's largest election ever done the numbers are impressive:

- 115.254.113 people are expected to vote;
- 6 candidates for president;
- 218 for governors in all the 26 federation states;
- 349 for the senate;
- 18.880 candidates in total.

The profile (impartial) of the candidates to the presidence are as follows:

- Lula (Luiz Inácio): industry worker, sindicalist, oposition;
- José Serra: candidate of the current government, ex-ministry, situation;
- Anthony Garotinho: ex-governor of Rio, oposition;
- Ciro Gomes: moderate oposition;
- Zé Maria: worker, revolutionary, ultra oposition;
- Rui Costa: worker, revolutionary, ultra oposition.

Interesting data:
- The digital signatures of all softwares used in the ballot are avaible to the public.
- The UNICAMP's final report about the voting system is also avaible.

The ballots' specifications can be found here. Here is an abstract:

- CPU: Geode National - 166 media GX.
- RAM: starting at 32 MB in motherboard, DIMM modules 168 pins.
- USB: 2 onboard.
- Paralell port: Centronics onboard.
- Disk Interface: IDE for Flash Card e controller onboard for floppy.
- Video board: SVGA onboard, resolutions up to 1280 x 1024, and LCD VGA controller.
- Video: LCD Monocromatic de 9,4".
- Audio: 1 onboard.
- Keyboard: Array with 13 keys, PS/2.

In the Bazilian's largest election ever done the numbers are impressive:

- 115.254.113 people are expected to vote;
- 6 candidates for president;
- 218 for governors in all the 26 federation states;
- 349 for the senate;
- 18.880 candidates in total.

The profile (impartial) of the candidates to the presidence are as follows:

- Lula (Luiz Inácio): industry worker, sindicalist, oposition;
- José Serra: candidate of the current government, ex-ministry, situation;
- Anthony Garotinho: ex-governor of Rio, oposition;
- Ciro Gomes: moderate oposition;
- Zé Maria: worker, revolutionary, ultra oposition;
- Rui Costa: worker, revolutionary, ultra oposition.

Interesting data:
- The digital signatures of all softwares used in the ballot are avaible to the public.
- The UNICAMP's final report about the voting system is also avaible.

The ballots' specifications can be found here. Here is an abstract:

- CPU: Geode National - 166 media GX.
- RAM: starting at 32 MB in motherboard, DIMM modules 168 pins.
- USB: 2 onboard.
- Paralell port: Centronics onboard.
- Disk Interface: IDE for Flash Card e controller onboard for floppy.
- Video board: SVGA onboard, resolutions up to 1280 x 1024, and LCD VGA controller.
- Video: LCD Monocromatic de 9,4".
- Audio: 1 onboard.
- Keyboard: Array with 13 keys, PS/2.

In the Bazilian's largest election ever done the numbers are impressive:

- 115.254.113 people are expected to vote;
- 6 candidates for president;
- 218 for governors in all the 26 federation states;
- 349 for the senate;
- 18.880 candidates in total.

The profile (impartial) of the candidates to the presidence are as follows:

- Lula (Luiz Inácio): industry worker, sindicalist, oposition;
- José Serra: candidate of the current government, ex-ministry, situation;
- Anthony Garotinho: ex-governor of Rio, oposition;
- Ciro Gomes: moderate oposition;
- Zé Maria: worker, revolutionary, ultra oposition;
- Rui Costa: worker, revolutionary, ultra oposition.

Interesting data:
- The digital signatures of all softwares used in the ballot are avaible to the public.
- The UNICAMP's final report about the voting system is also avaible.

The ballots' specifications can be found here. Here is an abstract:

- CPU: Geode National - 166 media GX.
- RAM: starting at 32 MB in motherboard, DIMM modules 168 pins.
- USB: 2 onboard.
- Paralell port: Centronics onboard.
- Disk Interface: IDE for Flash Card e controller onboard for floppy.
- Video board: SVGA onboard, resolutions up to 1280 x 1024, and LCD VGA controller.
- Video: LCD Monocromatic de 9,4".
- Audio: 1 onboard.
- Keyboard: Array with 13 keys, PS/2.

I don't know about during the vote count, but hashes for various programs used during the voting and vote count can be found here.

Here is the link for the voting simulator for this year election. It's quite easy, on the bottom of the screen will appear the numbers of the candidates.

In this site you can try and see how we'll vote in the next elections here in Brazil.

http://www.tse.gov.br/eleicoes/eleicoes2002/urna/S imulaUrna/SimUrna.html

As a Brazilian citizen, I don't feel very comfortable to tell you how votings should be conducted in your own country, but I'd like to mention that electronic voting is already a reality here. Votes are collected by means of dedicated microcomputers.

There is a simulation available here. You can get more information on Brazilian voting system at TSE (pages are in Portuguese).

As a Brazilian citizen, I don't feel very comfortable to tell you how votings should be conducted in your own country, but I'd like to mention that electronic voting is already a reality here. Votes are collected by means of dedicated microcomputers.

There is a simulation available here. You can get more information on Brazilian voting system at TSE (pages are in Portuguese).