Indian Voting Machines Compared with Diebold

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."

Comments

Re:Diebold system should have been...

[nizo]

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.

India own3d

[Sanity]

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.

Re:Obviously there's something wrong with them

[Rude Turnip]

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

Re:Don't forget the paper trail...

[Anonymous Coward]

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...