It’s that time again across the US of A, and Nixdorf Computer Corp in Waltham, Massachusetts has come up with just the thing for the polling booths in upwardly-mobile states – what it describes as the first computerised voting machine using touchscreen technology: the 25 touchscreen eliminates the need for printed ballot displays, allowing for […]
It’s that time again across the US of A, and Nixdorf Computer Corp in Waltham, Massachusetts has come up with just the thing for the polling booths in upwardly-mobile states – what it describes as the first computerised voting machine using touchscreen technology: the 25 touchscreen eliminates the need for printed ballot displays, allowing for easy updating of the ballots right up to the time polls open, and use of the screen makes possible instant, on-screen write-in votes, as well as the display of candidates’ pictures right on the voting screen – so J Danforth Quayle may prove less of a disaster for George Bush after all with all those who’ve never heard of him but find his film star looks appealing.
