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India Starts All-Electronic National Elections

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the future-of-democracy dept.

fantomas writes "Forget the problems of e-voting in a state in some middling sized western country as recently reported by Slashdot. The world's largest democracy is about to go to the polling stations and vote for a new government using all-electronic voting systems. Will it work? Will the USA follow if all goes to plan? Can any readers from India comment on how it seems to be going?"

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  1. Perhaps by puargsss · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They should outsource their votes to the US... It'd balance things out, methinks.

  2. Re:Python.. by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    nah, you'll be abe to tell because Kevin Mitnick will be elected Prime Minister of India.

    And if the elections go off without a hitch then all the Slashdot whiners will apologize to Diebold and other electronic voting machine makers right? Electronic voting is coming whether you like it or not. It's no worse than Florida's "I can sort of see a pinhole of light through this ballot so I think the guy intended to vote for Gore" recount debacle.

  3. It kind of fits by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    World's most corrupt Democracy- meet world's most corrupt voting system. A match made in heaven.

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  4. Re:Python.. by operagost · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'd say arbitrarily determining a voter's "intent" by how the punch was "sorta pushed in a little", or "they punched two holes, which one did they mean", or "they voted Buchanan, but since this is a very Democratic district I'm sure they meant Gore" is a DEBACLE.

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