<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">----- Mensaje original ----<br>De: Natsu <piratenatsu@gmail.com><br>Enviado: domingo, 5 de octubre, 2008 18:40:31<br>> I don't even understand the use or need for voting machines. In my country, the counting is done<br>> by random-selected people [...]<br><br>You already know that the system you describe is perfectly compatible with electronic voting; the problem with electronic voting is that -as Felix said-, in the short&middle term, there are no existing voting machines in prospect. <br><br>----- Mensaje original ----<br>De: Félix Robles <redeadlink@gmail.com><br>Enviado: domingo, 5 de octubre, 2008 19:06:40<br>> The
spanish system of counting votes may sound archaic and obsolete... but
ballots close at<br>> about 9pm and at about 12pm about 80-90% of the votes
have been counted. Why try<br>> implementing a way more untrustworthy system
(and also way more expensive btw) just to<br>> save us 3 hours every 4
years?<br><br>Apart from the fact that the 3 hours things is not exact, because as you say after 3 hours there is a huge remainder of votes still uncounted ...<br><br>... namely, tons of saved paper? Regards<br></div></div><br>
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