American Democracy May Taste Indian Voting Machines

As the US presidential election approaches (and memories of the 2000 election's complications remain fresh), the question of how US citizens will vote – by machine or by paper – has become unusually heated. Now an Indian company, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), enters the fray by marketing its own voting machine designed for India' parliamentary elections. Importing electronic voting machines may help the US to quiet the political storm over the efficacy of domestic machines. Other nations in South and Southeast Asia are also intently watching the elections to gauge electronic machines' effectiveness. If BEL's products do what they are supposed to do, then the market for electronic voting machines may become global. – YaleGlobal