Count Brazil out too. Our electronic ballot machines are ridiculously outdated, and are not auditable by anyone outside controlled closed-door situations. When

Count Brazil out too. Our electronic ballot machines are ridiculously outdated, and are not auditable by anyone outside controlled closed-door situations. When glaring flaws are found, they're quickly dismissed by the government, saying they 'can't' happen in a real environment. It's Diebold hardware and closed source software. Diebold had it's voting machines banned in the US. The new mandatory biometric identification system to prevent fraud is completely 'side-steppable', just as before. Voters are required to re-register for voting again, and upon registration have their fingerprints taken (all ten digits) and a high resolution picture. The software used to hold and manipulate all this biometric data is the same used by our Federal Police, which is the same used by the FBI. The STE (a department which manages ALL aspects of elections) has an agreement to share all this data with Policia Federal, and which in turn have an agreement with the FBI! The biggest bribery scheme discovered here, the 'mensalão', used government money to pay out bribes to the oposition. One of the heads of this criminal organization, José Dirceu, is serving time in a semi-closed regime. He got a job as a hotel manager during the day. The previous manager, who he replaced, had a salaray of R$1,800. Dirceu has a R$20,000 salary. How absurd is this? It reaks of collusion with former associates. Sorry for the rant, and any typos.