Election Systems & Software has championed electronic voting machines in the US. Now it has had a change of heart about the need for paper records of votes. From a report: TechCrunch understands the decision was made around the time that four senior Democratic lawmakers demanded to know why ES&S, and two other major voting machine makers, were still selling decade-old…
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How maths could fix the problems with India’s voting machines
The world’s biggest election is under way in India. Trust in the machines used to vote is low, but better maths could spot manipulation or errors, says Edd Gent Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2199984-how-maths-could-fix-the-problems-with-indias-voting-machines/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
To Pull Off India’s Election, It Takes an Army of Camels, Elephants and Workers (and an Actual Army)
More than 900 million people — over 10 percent of the world’s population — could head to the polls over several weeks. The government is committed to polling every voter, no matter how isolated. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/world/asia/india-election-results.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…