India Starts All-Electronic National Elections

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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Re:Not to sound jingoistic,

[Mant]

We are in way off topic land but...

America has been more than happy to assits in the overthorwing of democracies when it suits them, like they elect a socailist government (Chillie), or they are planning to nationalise the oil reserves (Iran).

It even happliy has allies like the brutal regimes in Uzbekistan because it suits their purpose.

Now all countries act like this, in their own national interests. However, you can't claim any sort of moral high ground for American foreign policy, sure it has removed some brutal dictators, but has been happy to help install and work with others.

Backing brutal and unpopular regimes abroad may be way a lot of the rest of the world does not see America as some guardian of freedom.