Can the Nigerian Government use Voting Machines?
955674
Nigeria must first improve its literacy in order to make them adopt the voting machines for an orderly election.
305219
Well, unfortunately i have no idea where u come from,  The only way is to have the Eu or USA or UN monitor the elections and then make sure that people were allowed to vote freely and w/o temptation.  IN the short run nothing ill change as far as corruption, but in the long run, things might change, give it time... thats the key
724279
I work in IT and was not amazed how wide spread and easy it was to hack these machines. The makers of the voting machines violated the first rule in any computers, redundancy! Always make sure you have a backup to what you are doing and the have a backup to that. I believe that untill the right people are put in charge of buying and maintaining these machines, it will stay this way. As you saw in the movie, OUTSOURCING of our technology was one of the top ten threats to our country and most of these machines and software were from other countries.
776202
I don't think so.  If people don't want to vote, why make them?  Will it mean anything if they just pick random people because they don't want to be there?
909670
Problem is that regardless of what system you use their is always going to be someone smart enough to figure out a way to cheat it.  \n\nE-machines with paper backup (signed by voter) might be a more reliable system
964535
No... there needs to be no electronic involvement.  Votes need to be done on paper, countable, and recountable.  We must have a system that can be verified and legitimized.  I have already volunteered to spend many, many hours counting ballots (along with two others).
816051
The voting machine will help Bush ... like the last presidential election.  As you know Bush gained more than 100 % in some area last time ... why not this time too.
241762
yes it can. however it depends on the countries law policies. In some countries u have the option of challenging it before the PRESIDENT of the nation.
1068968
Yes, there are. They're called elections. \n\nVoting is power. Vote.
109140
No.  The only way would be if you kept the stub they gave you and were given access to the ballots.  I think you would need a court order to do that if they still exist.  Yet we believe the votes are being accurately counted, even after Florida and Bush's first election.  Scary!!!!!
587238
Well it would depend on the Constitution of the particular country.  But as an example the United States and Great Britain both have bi-cameral legistative systems.
831725
Regrettably, I'm going to go with you can't. I suppose you could appeal to Nigeria's government, and you should,but they may be powerless. Also consider they unfortunate possiblity you may be too late. Don't send money, and most definitely don't go there yourself.
715483
It is very disconcerting to hear that many of the new voting machines do not give receipts, or copies to the voters, or to anyone else.  If there is a malfunction or fraud, there will be no way to verify the results and there will be no possibility for a recount.  This may cast a big cloud over the election for voters in either party, but especially for the losers.  I don't like that news.
771039
Yes, totally. Anyone with access to those machines can easily change the program and basically get whatever results they what. And the memory cards they use to save the votes can easily be changed after the fact, too. And the recounts are not legit, either. I don't trust anything like that anymore.
537239
Anything that comes out of Nigeria is a scam.Be careful about the UK also because they use that as an address for scams. Lotteries are also scams. Use your head when you get emails like that.
1149710
Start here: http://www.blackboxvoting.org/\n\nTouch Screen voting is notoriously unreliable. There have been hundreds of reported instances in Ohio, Florida and other states where people have voted for one candidate and the computer records their vote for someone else.\n\nPlus, aside from the machines, the integrity of central registry computers (where the votes are tallied) are in serious question. The software they use can be easily hacked by using simple Windows tricks. You could transfer hundreds, even thousands, of votes with virtually no trace.\n\nIn Wisconsin, we use scantronic machines. You fill out a paper ballot which is read by the computer. It combines a paper trail with electronic efficency. And the machine prevents overvoting and has a very high accuracy (99% plus) rating.
444601
I have worked in Nigeria, it must be one of the most corrupt countries in the world, this has got to be down to the government, no matter how much income they get, or from whatever source, not much of it gets to the people that need it. So my answer is NO, only a massive shake up of the government. And we can't do anything about that can we?