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Indian Voting Machines Compared with Diebold

Posted by michael on from the he-who-does-not-learn-from-history dept.

Hanuman_Ji writes "The Indian general elections, 2004 is now complete - and the result is an upset. As reported earlier, this election was conducted entirely through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). This article gives a nice overview of the machines used in this process and also adds a comparison with the Diebold machines. More information is also available at the equipment manufacturer's website."

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  1. Diebold system should have been... by deadmongrel · · Score: 3, Funny

    outsourced to India!

    1. Re:Diebold system should have been... by nizo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Better yet, lets outsource our candidates (heck even the voters) to India, certainly they can't pick a worse lot than we have been picking lately.

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  2. Re:Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The upset will come this November when EVM by Diebold elect Nader President.

    Don't you see, that is why so many Green party members are sending their resumes to work for voting machine companies.

  3. India own3d by Sanity · · Score: 5, Funny
    The new Indian President, known only as "2K00l4Sk00l", in his first act of office has announced that the dating process will be replaced by a obfuscated C code competition.

    He has also started construction of a massive sign extending right across the Indian sub-continent proclaiming "0wn3d" in large black lettering.

  4. Re:Exploit by Paulrothrock · · Score: 3, Funny

    There would never be any elections at all then.
    I think that's the point.

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  5. Re:Obviously there's something wrong with them by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, John Ashcroft lost an election to a dead guy in Missouri, too!

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  6. Re:Don't forget the paper trail... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    After you cast the vote, an indelible ink mark is put against the fingernal of the index finger (or other fingers if you have any handicap), which takes a few days to dissolve and disappear.

    This system allows someone to vote up to 10 times. All that has to be done is to remove the finger that has been marked, then they could cast the next vote as someone else. Repeat until out of markable parts. Please note this will only work for 1 election...

  7. Re:Elegant by eastern · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sure, the exact same system wouldn't work. But a system designed to US needs along the Indian K.I.S.S. principle would, wouldn't it.

    By the way, western countries have nothing to complain about now--India has outsourced its prime minister's job to Italy!