Does anyone know what sort of "voting" system Italy uses?

[tom_paine]

I say this, obviously, because the same script is being used that was used here in the Empire to re-coronate Chimperor Tiberius.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4894584.stm

Now, I have respect for the BBC, as I do for any Free World press organization (as opposed to Imperial Amerikan sources), and yet...anyone can be fooled.

They say that Italian Exit Polling has been questionable in the past (unlike American Exit Polling, which mysteriously began to go haywire, ohhhh, about November 2000), and so I give that statement credence.

Yes, I know the Brits are under the same threat of BushPutinist Tyranny than we are, but anyone who has been following world events in the past five years can see they retain more of the attitudes (and more of the checks and balances) of a Free People than do the Imperial Subjects of Amerika.

So, I am calling for information, please, on what system the Italians use, is it electronic at any point? Does it have hackable Central Tabulators or is it pen & paper?

Any other information on this story would be most welcome.

Because it is entirely possible that Italy has gone BushPutinist as Amerika has.

How would they tell that their "voitng" system was corrupted?

All input is welcome!

[Atman]

1. Just read DU and ye shall find...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=896441&mesg_id=896441

[Lars39]

2. Here's a thread discussing just that:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=896441&mesg_id=896441

[babylonsister]

3. They just converted about 1/5 of Italy...

They just converted about 1/5 of Italy...

Electronic voting comes to Italy (as do conspiracy theories)

When Lucio Stanca, the minister of innovation and technology, began preparing Italy for electronic vote counting a few years ago, there were some naysayers. But test runs for European Parliament elections in 2004 and Italian regional elections in 2005 silenced the critics - temporarily.

With the arrival of the April 9 and 10 general elections, the dress rehearsals are over. Electronic vote tabulating will move beyond the test phase in Italy for the first time: It will be used in four of the nation's 20 regions and will affect a fifth of the population.

Detractors worry that mischief will mar the count, especially if there is a close race in any of the four regions, which have many undecided voters.

Silvio Berlusconi, who has been prime minister for five years, is running against Romani Prodi, a former president of the European Commission who heads a vast coalition of center-left parties.

Prodi has maintained a lead in opinion surveys but Berlusconi can never be counted out.

...


http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/04/news/rome.php

[tom_paine]

4. Oh My God. I just read it. Darkness falls.

The World Aristocracy is taking back what it lost...essentially the Divine Right to Rule us Nobodies.

There will be a sock puppet show to entertain and appease, and to drown out the cries of the victims.

Big Darkness, come soon.

I cannot believe I have lived to see this day.