Commentary
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has always been critical of the electronic voting machines used during elections in his country. He suspects that these machines may be not entirely reliable and insists on using printable and auditable paper ballots as a better guarantee of transparency. The president would like to see a physical register for each electronic ballot, a sheet of paper that could be printed so that citizens could confirm whether their votes were cast properly.
These suggestions have been rejected by the Brazilian Supreme Court. Some members of this Court have even threatened to investigate Bolsonaro for “abuse of office” and “improper use of official communication channels.” His crime was simply raising concerns about the transparency of these voting machines….