For a country which seeks to promote democracy throughout the world, the current presidential elections in the United States have brought to light a whole host of problems right from how voters are registered to how votes are counted (Handing Chads anyone. You would wonder that for the world's most developed country which has been practicing democracy for the last two centuries, they would have everything figured out by now.
Doing Democracy Right a recent article on the online magazine Slate explores the decentralized process of voter registration, voting as well as counting of votes. When it comes to casting of votes and counting them, countries like India may have an answer in how electronic voting machines work.
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