Why other countries have scrapped electronic voting

Many nations have decided that electronic voting lacks verifiability, is not transparent by nature, and is vulnerable to errors and manipulation as any other electronic system


Netherlands

It banned voting machines in 2006 after an activist group demonstrated that the Nedap machines used in that country can be wirelessly hacked into


Ireland

It scrapped an ambitious e-voting project after millions of Euros were spent on it, as concerns over security mounted

Germany

Its Supreme Court ruled in March 2009 that electronic voting was unconstitutional since its complexity exceeded what the average voter could be expected to comprehend

USA

Presidential elections in 2000 and 2004 saw widespread voting controversies. Many states have ceased to rely solely on electronic recording of votes