Comentários sobre: Brazilian elections, 2008 http://leonardof.org/2008/10/05/brazilian-elections-2008/ Tradutor do GNOME para o português do Brasil Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:29:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Por: Henrique P. Machado http://leonardof.org/2008/10/05/brazilian-elections-2008/#comment-2580 Henrique P. Machado Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:36:45 +0000 http://leonardof.org/?p=326#comment-2580 I'm (unfortunatelly) member of the electoral process since I was 18 and when they introduced the voting machines we had a lot of trouble with people doing wrong things and leaving us near to the madness. That year we had to stay at the electoral place since 7 AM up to 8 PM (the normal process begins on 7 AM and ends up by 5 PM). The number of candidates were huge too: five. President, state governor, senator, federal deputy and state deputy. It was a completely mess, sometimes requiring the introduction of the "Tropa de Choque" Police, a kind of specialized police prepared for conflicting situations to calm down the mass of furious people. Well, returning to the purpose of this post, the introduction of GNU/Linux was a big advance in the process like Leonardo said: "But free software has other advantages, like allowing political parties to audit the source code as well, and saving money." In my humble opinion, we saved money on several parts: hardware (once some voting machines uses obsolete components, like a Cyrix 586 Processors. Do you remember of them?), TCO and much more. But, according with the president of our electoral section, the terminals were delaying more time to free the device of management of the the machines. I don't know. To me it were as fast as on older elections. If true, this should be resolved quickly by our specialists that created this incredible voting system. I’m (unfortunatelly) member of the electoral process since I was 18 and when they introduced the voting machines we had a lot of trouble with people doing wrong things and leaving us near to the madness. That year we had to stay at the electoral place since 7 AM up to 8 PM (the normal process begins on 7 AM and ends up by 5 PM). The number of candidates were huge too: five. President, state governor, senator, federal deputy and state deputy. It was a completely mess, sometimes requiring the introduction of the “Tropa de Choque” Police, a kind of specialized police prepared for conflicting situations to calm down the mass of furious people.

Well, returning to the purpose of this post, the introduction of GNU/Linux was a big advance in the process like Leonardo said: “But free software has other advantages, like allowing political parties to audit the source code as well, and saving money.”
In my humble opinion, we saved money on several parts: hardware (once some voting machines uses obsolete components, like a Cyrix 586 Processors. Do you remember of them?), TCO and much more.

But, according with the president of our electoral section, the terminals were delaying more time to free the device of management of the the machines. I don’t know. To me it were as fast as on older elections. If true, this should be resolved quickly by our specialists that created this incredible voting system.

]]> Por: Leonardo Fontenelle http://leonardof.org/2008/10/05/brazilian-elections-2008/#comment-2551 Leonardo Fontenelle Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:03:55 +0000 http://leonardof.org/?p=326#comment-2551 <strong>Ohwell</strong>, thank you. I just fixed the article content. And the preview function is provided by the <em><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/live-comment-preview/" rel="nofollow">Live Comment Preview</a></em> plugin for WordPress, if you are interested. It's very useful to check the xhtml syntax before submitting the comment, although it has an issue with <em>blockquote</em> elements. Ohwell, thank you. I just fixed the article content. And the preview function is provided by the Live Comment Preview plugin for WordPress, if you are interested. It’s very useful to check the xhtml syntax before submitting the comment, although it has an issue with blockquote elements.

]]> Por: Ohwell http://leonardof.org/2008/10/05/brazilian-elections-2008/#comment-2550 Ohwell Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:31:34 +0000 http://leonardof.org/?p=326#comment-2550 Very cool preview function by the way :) Very cool preview function by the way :)

]]> Por: Ohwell http://leonardof.org/2008/10/05/brazilian-elections-2008/#comment-2549 Ohwell Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:30:54 +0000 http://leonardof.org/?p=326#comment-2549 I read it as electronic/computerized vote counting and not as electronic voting. As per wikipedia link. I read it as electronic/computerized vote counting and not as electronic voting. As per wikipedia link.

]]> Por: Leonardo Fontenelle http://leonardof.org/2008/10/05/brazilian-elections-2008/#comment-2548 Leonardo Fontenelle Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:46:28 +0000 http://leonardof.org/?p=326#comment-2548 <strong>Anarion</strong>: yes, I'm pretty sure, voting machines in 1982. The incident was known as the <a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caso_Proconsult" rel="nofollow">Proconsult Case</a> (in Portuguese), because the machines ran an operational system derived from MS-DOS, developed by Proconsult, which was associated with the the military regimen. Anarion: yes, I’m pretty sure, voting machines in 1982. The incident was known as the Proconsult Case (in Portuguese), because the machines ran an operational system derived from MS-DOS, developed by Proconsult, which was associated with the the military regimen.

]]> Por: Anarion http://leonardof.org/2008/10/05/brazilian-elections-2008/#comment-2547 Anarion Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:18:33 +0000 http://leonardof.org/?p=326#comment-2547 "Voting machines" em 1982, tem certeza? :) “Voting machines” em 1982, tem certeza? :)

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