E-Voting Raises New Questions in Brazil

An Associated Press article by Stan Lehman, "E-Voting Raises New Questions in Brazil" raises some interesting issues. In Brazil, Diebold rejected voter-verifiable paper records:

"Paper receipts that appeared behind glass _ so voters could confirm their choices but not walk off with the evidence _ were tried on 23,300 machines in 2002, with plans to install them nationwide two years later. But the machines' maker was resolutely opposed to this system, and the tribunal decided to rely instead on "ballot box bulletins." "

Diebold Procomp, the Brazilian subsidiary of Diebold Inc., makes these machines.

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