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Post #50623

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ricarleite
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Man beheaded by al-qaeda and video published on internet
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Date created
17-May-2004, 3:06 AM
The voting system ion Brazil, which I consider to be one of the best around, if not the best:

1- Everyone older than 18 and younger than 65 MUST vote, unless they can justify why they are not voting (under arrest, hospitalized, outside the country). Those who fail to vote or to justify why they didn't vote for more than 2 times get some of their rights canceled (can't get passports, can't get mail delivered, and some other stuff). People who is 16, 17, or older than 65 can vote if they want to.

2- The voting is made in a computer-thingy, the size of a phone, with a liquid-crystal b&w screen and a big keyboard with numbers and braille on it. The political parties are searated by 2 digit-numbers. When you vote for president, governor, mayor or senator, you only need to press the 2 numbers, and the green one to confirm the vote. Congressmen are elected by pressing the party's 2 numbers, and other 2 or 3 numbers representing the congressman. The picure of the person you are voting for appears onscreen. There is a white button that represents "none of the above", and if you vote for a non-existing number, it also counts as none of the above.

3- After the election is over (it's always on a sunday from 9 to 5) the votes are transmited thru a network to our capital (on a special secure encryption), where computers recieve the vote. By the end of the day, we know who the winners are.

4- One person = one vote, and the majority of votes elects the person. That's the way it should be.