Finnish E-Voting System Loses 2% of Votes

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 28, 2008 @06:11PM from the in-america-we-call-that-the-margin-of-error dept.

kaip writes "Finland piloted a fully electronic voting system in municipal elections last weekend. Due to a usability glitch, 232 votes, or about 2% of all electronic votes were lost. The results of the election may have been affected, because the seats in municipal assemblies are often decided by margins of a few votes. Unfortunately, nobody knows for sure, because the Ministry of Justice didn't see any need to implement a voter-verified paper record. The ministry was, of course, duly warned about a fully electronic voting system, but the critique was debunked as 'science fiction.' There is now discussion about re-arranging the affected elections. Thanks go to the voting system providers, Scytl and TietoEnator, for the experience."

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No wonder why Nokias are slow... by VeryLargeNumber · 2008-10-28 21:04 · Score: 0, Troll

"...until after several minutes of trying the buttonpress was registered."
No wonder why Nokia phones are slow, if the Finns have are willing to try registering a keypress for several minutes.