the brazilian election model

legislative, executive and judiciary powers in brazil hate each other and are ego-centered. there have been historical fights among them, some quite recent.

it's hard to believe in a complex orchestration among these three powers, because the tribunal superior eleitoral uses its seasonal power to monitor and influence the 'enemy power'.

before the election period, the parties (at least 25, which also hate one another) are invited to audit and test the voting machines hardware and software. academics, engineers and technologists are usually nominated by the parties to do this audit.

obviously the process is not perfect and there is room for improvement, but the flaws that could allow fraud are minimized by this model of division and organization of power.

summary: in brazil, as usual, the iniciative is going well by the wrong intentions.

probably, the greatest 'problem' with brazilian voting machines is the manufacturer: die 'backdoor' bold. most suspicious rest upon it.