I don't know if you feel this way, but the international perception of the last two presidencial elections os USA has been of fear and doubts... (Florida was a shame)
I believe that you can give more secureness with a electronic voting system (with paper safeguard).
With the old system its almost trivial to modify some votes...
With a electronic one, i believe is more difficult to change a small part of votes... But if you believe in conspiration, yes is more easy to change a large part of the votes if you have money and power.
The cost?
Brazil could implement this.... I believe this show that its not too expensive.
Using electronic voting you can cut the costs, improve the speed of counting and give people more security....
The problem is not with the tecnology, but how its used
Brazil was the first country to use electronic voting system in 1996. In the last election 175 millions of people has vote. Its used on the president election and all others.
About 0,5% of the voting machines has some problems in this election.
And sometimes this votes really matters, most on some municipal elections, where the differences are really small.
Unhappily they used windows...
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I don't know if you feel this way, but the international perception of the last two presidencial elections os USA has been of fear and doubts... (Florida was a shame) I believe that you can give more secureness with a electronic voting system (with paper safeguard). With the old system its almost trivial to modify some votes... With a electronic one, i believe is more difficult to change a small part of votes... But if you believe in conspiration, yes is more easy to change a large part of the votes if you have money and power. The cost? Brazil could implement this.... I believe this show that its not too expensive.
Using electronic voting you can cut the costs, improve the speed of counting and give people more security.... The problem is not with the tecnology, but how its used
They will not give you a paper with your vote! It will be stored in a bag like a normal & old vote...
Brazil was the first country to use electronic voting system in 1996. In the last election 175 millions of people has vote. Its used on the president election and all others. About 0,5% of the voting machines has some problems in this election. And sometimes this votes really matters, most on some municipal elections, where the differences are really small. Unhappily they used windows...