How is the voting carried out?
Most voting is by computers with touch screens that have been specially designed for elections. They are the same machines used during last years presidential recall referendum. While the votes are recorded electronically they also give a paper printout of each vote which the voter then deposits in a box. At the end of the voting some of the machine totals are audited by comparing the automated totals to the papers in the box. In this election at least one machine at each voting center will be audited and it will be selected randomly by the election workers and party representatives at that site. Out of 25,694 voting centers only in 3,442 will people not use machines and vote manually.
