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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. Oops! by drizst+'n+drat · · Score: -1, Troll

    That explains why Sonia Gandhi is poised to take power in the world's largest democracy after voters delivered one of the biggest upsets in the nation's history. Every one voted for Vajpayee and Gandhi wins!

  2. tastes like curry!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fuck you all I hate all of you!!!

  3. America bashing poll options: by Gothmolly · · Score: -1, Troll

    Diebold suxx0rs, Dubya shoulda lost!
    America sucks!
    India is great, they have a Communist party!
    India is great, they are poorer than we are!
    America is proud, they deserve to have egg in their face!
    America is too successful, they need to be taught a lesson!
    Whatever, I still want my tinfoil hat!

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  4. Racism still exists... by Imidazole · · Score: -1, Troll

    I find it so funny it's 2004 and the 'Indians' are still seperated from 'The other Americans'

    Correct me if I'm wrong, we still share the same country, right?

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    1. Re:Racism still exists... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


      HAHAAH!!! R0Fllma0...yur teh funee. Imidazole!!!!!!!111111````~~~~ oneoneonethreeseventy...

      ps: run a spell checker on your fucking website that you spam in your sig and header. fucking spamming fucker.

    2. Re:Racism still exists... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Are you a complete idiot? They're talking about India.... Alright? Geez...

  5. Electric? by jargoone · · Score: 0, Troll

    From the comparison in the article:

    Power Supply
    EVM: 6V alkaline batteries
    Diebold: electricity

    So batteries don't produce electricity? Interesting...

  6. Obligatory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Every country oursources progamming jobs to India. India just decided to outsource its Prime Minister's spot to Italy. Sonia Gandhi fyi is Italian born.