[pp.int.general] GNU/Linux-powered voting machines in Brazil

[machado at sociologia.de]

The problem in Brazil is that the machine does not print the vote. The 
elector should see the printed vote and deposit it into the ballot box. 
There are also security risks regarding the transmission of data.
Anyway, the system is not secure against fraud.

Jorge
Brazil


Félix Robles escreveu:
> I don't trust voting machines at all, even if they have libre software 
> inside. It's way more secure against rigged elections to get people to 
> manually count the votes. Every person knows how to make sure that a 
> manually counted election is not stolen, but one must be an expert in 
> order to make sure an electronic voting election is not rigged.
>
> I also think that, based on the information avaible, Bush stole the 
> 2004 election through  voting machines.
>
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 6:16 AM, Richard M. Stallman <rms at gnu.org 
> <mailto:rms at gnu.org>> wrote:
>
>     If voting machines use software, it should be free software.
>     But just having free software in voting machines does not make
>     it possible to trust them.  We need to be concerned that the
>     manufacturers, or the election authorities, will fiddle with them
>     to steal the election.
>
>     It appears that Bush stole the 2004 election in Ohio that way.
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