Tuesday August 17, 2004

This is why the i18n is so important...

During the demonstration of the Sequoia machine last week, the machine worked fine when the company tested votes using an English-language ballot. But when the testers switched to a Spanish-language ballot, the paper trail showed no votes cast for two propositions.

Wrong Time for an E-Vote Glitch

This happened at the demo for the state Senate staffers in California. It seems that the company has not designed/developed/tested languages other than English, and the i18n glitch was revealed at a very bad moment.

BTW, I believe in E-Voting, but I guess it is still in a premature state.