Integrated Task - Electronic voting in Brazil - Videos
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Electronic voting was first introduced to Brazil in
1996; with the first tests carried out in the state of Santa Catarina. The
primary design goal of the Brazilian voting machine is extreme simplicity, the
model being a public phone booth. The first Brazilian voting machines were
developed in 1996 by a Brazilian partnership of three companies OMNITECH
(previously known as TDA), Microbase and Unisys do Brasil attending the TSE RFP
for the Brazilian Elections in 1996. This machine was a modified IBM PC 80386
compatible clone, known as UE96. In 1998, Diebold-Procomp, Microbase and
Samurai (formerly known as OMNITECH) partnered to produce UE98. In 2000,
Microbase and Diebold-Procomp developed the UE2000 together. In 2000, Brazil
completed the first completely automated election. From the source: wikipedia
Brazil is an example of a country with a thriving
electronic voting system. In 2000, it became the first country to have
elections completely by an electronic voting system and has since remained at
the forefront of the electronic voting movement. Electronic Voting Machines for
Brazilian elections were developed and first tested in the 1996 elections in
Santa Catarina. Thereafter it was used in national elections in 1998, when it
then became the only voting method for the 2000, 2002, 2004, and the most
recent 2006 elections.
Through these election cycles, the voting system has
changed most notably in the operation system running on the machines. This
effort to constantly build upon and improve the voting system is likely part of
the reason for its strong success. In Brazil, the research and development of
electronic voting systems is funded by the Brazilian Supreme Electoral Court
(TSE), which is also currently testing ways to improve the system, such as by
using a digital screens and printing systems. These
improvements likely have been a significant source of voter satisfaction, and
will continue to emphasize the government commitment to a fair and effective
system in the future.
Interestingly, the code for the software on the
Electronic Voting Machines has not been released to the public, despite the
call for freely available source code in many electronic voting circles. Just
as in the majority of systems in place in the United States and France,
companies are protecting this information, refusing to release it to the public
under the protection of intellectual property rights.
As with any electronic system, security issues with
Brazils voting systems are largely focused on the issue of voter verifiability. Pedro
A. D. Rezende, from the Department. of Computer Science at the University of
Brasilia has said that, the most important democracy of our times is now
debating the convenience and possible effects of legal measures enforcing voter
verifiability in electronic systems and that Brazil is, indeed, ahead of its
time.
Brazil, it seems, has many positive factors working
together to create a durable and trusted system for government and voters,
alike. Although no election is ever without some controversy, Brazil has also
maintained a relatively trouble-free experience with its electronic voting
approach and serves as a good model for other similar countries looking to
fully integrate these systems.
From the source: https://cs.stanford.edu

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