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Automating Elections: Electronic Voting Machines Have Made Mistakes Too

Roberto Verzola
Halalang Marangal; SRI Pilipinas; University of the Philippines - School of Economics

June 20, 2008

HALAL Working Paper No. 4

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This paper reviews the kind of problems, errors and failures that have occurred in a number of countries where elections were automated using electronic voting machines. It also traces the deeper causes of these problems, such as software errors, hardware problems, environmental stresses, human errors, design flaws and malicious tampering.

Keywords: automated election, electronic voting, voting machine, problem, error, failure

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Date posted: June 24, 2008 ; Last revised: November 01, 2008

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Verzola, Roberto, Automating Elections: Electronic Voting Machines Have Made Mistakes Too (June 20, 2008). HALAL Working Paper No. 4. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1150274

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Roberto Verzola (Contact Author) Halalang Marangal ( email ) 4th Flr., PRRM Bldg. 56 Mother Ignacia Avenue Quezon City Philippines
SRI Pilipinas ( email ) 110 V.Luna Road Extension Sikatuna Village Quezon City 1101 Philippines
University of the Philippines - School of Economics ( email ) Quezon City, Diliman Philippines

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Date posted: June 24, 2008 ; Last revised: November 01, 2008

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