more on delaying the recall to move in electronic voting

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:58:54 +0900
> From: IKEDA Nobuo <ikeda-nobuo () rieti go jp>
> Subject: Re: [IP] delaying the recall to move in electronic voting
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
>
> Indeed punch-card balloting is unfair, but how about handwriting?
>
> Japanese voters should write the candidate's name manually by pencils.
> So a lot of election operators have to sit up all night to open the
> ballots and verify them, because there are many errors in writing and
> reading.
>
> Japan is the only one OECD country that adopts such an antiquated method.
> Although this method was once abolished, it was restored by old politicians
> who believed that handwriting would be favorable for familiar names.
>
> When I told this to an American friend, he was surprised, laughed, and said
> that the US government should export the old punch-card ballot systems
> to Japan.
>
> >They are delaying the recall to move in electronic voting... yikes!
>
> --
> Ikeda, Nobuo
> Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
> http://www.rieti.go.jp/it/index.e.html

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