dimanche, novembre 07, 2004

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Box_Voting

Black Box Voting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Black Box Voting is voting on electronic machines which don't print paper ballots.

Many citizens are concerned that such electronic voting machines can be rigged. If a computer programmer for one of the private companies which makes such machines writes code which steals votes, it will be difficult to detect. Afterwards, if election results are suspicious, there is no way to do a meaningful recount.

In the U.S. presidential election, 2004, about 25% of voting was done on electronic voting machines. In federal elections in Canada, by contrast, votes are cast with paper ballots, and Canadians usually get election results the same night.