Brazil holds all-electronic national election.

Brazil holds all-electronic national election.

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On 6th October 2002, in Brazils first completely electronic national election-and the worlds largest so far-more than 115 million Brazilians used them to vote for president, state governors, and legislators. The election itself inspired some turmoil. Stock markets across the world fell in anticipati...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE spectrum 39, 11 (2002).
Main Author: Riebeek, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brazil.
Microsoft Windows CE operating system.
National Semiconductor Corporation.
Unisys Corporation software.
All-electronic national election.
Encrypted disks.
Flash memory.
Floppy disk.
Integrated LCD screen.
Internal printer.
Numeric keyboard.
Regional electoral tribunals.
Voting machines.