The video discusses the security and functionality of electronic voting machines, addressing common concerns about their potential vulnerability to hacking or manipulation. It explains that these machines are offline, have a robust security system, and use digital signatures and summaries to ensure vote integrity.
The video also mentions that there are integrity tests conducted before elections, where representatives vote on paper and the votes are entered into a randomly selected ballot box. This process is transparent and live-streamed on the internet.
The video asserts that there is no way to change votes once they are recorded on the memory cards of the ballot box. Even if a ballot box malfunctions, the votes are not lost as they are recorded on both an internal and external memory card.
The transmission of vote data to the Electoral Court is done through a secure VPN and is encrypted, making it difficult to hack. Any attempt to alter the data would be detected by the digital signature, alerting authorities to potential tampering.
The video also discusses the vote counting process, which is done by a supercomputer and is transparent to the public. The results from each polling station are available on the Electoral Court's website and can be cross-checked with the results displayed on the door of the polling station.
The video concludes by highlighting that despite the skepticism surrounding electronic voting machines, they have been used since 1996 without any proven cases of fraud or hacking. It asserts that more than forty nations use electronic voting on a smaller or regional basis and look to Brazil's system as an example.
The video encourages viewers to share it with others to increase awareness about the security and transparency of electronic voting machines.
1. Electronic voting machines are a topic of concern due to security and hacking possibilities.
2. The ballot box is an electronic device with an operating system and installed programs, similar to a computer or a cell phone.
3. The ballot box is offline and does not have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or any type of network input or network card.
4. It is only connected to the poll worker's terminal and via cable, making it impossible to hack remotely.
5. The ballot box has a security system with more than thirty layers, including encryptions and file shuffling.
6. Each file in the ballot box has digital signatures that cannot be reproduced. If a file is changed, the signature changes and the ballot box locks, no longer receiving votes.
7. The ballot box also generates unique codes for each file. If a file is changed, the code will be different from the original, which is available on the Electoral Court website.
8. The ballot box is tested for integrity before the election with the presence of representatives from various entities and institutions.
9. On election day, several ballot boxes that are ready to be used for voting are randomly drawn, removed from the election, and taken to the test.
10. The ballot box records votes on two memory cards, one internal and one external, to prevent data loss in case of a problem.
11. The ballot box can crash or break on voting day, but this is not common and is often resolved by restarting the urn or changing the external memory card.
12. When the ballot box receives a new external card, it automatically synchronizes the data on both cards, and if you have to change an entire ballot box, then just use the external card from the old ballot box, which continues with all the votes recorded.
13. The ballot box is encrypted and digitally signed when it is sent to the Electoral Court transmission point, such as an electoral registry, and then sent to the data center of each Regional Electoral Court via the internet.
14. The data transmission to the Regional Electoral Court is done through a VPN, a private network that is very difficult to hack, and the data is also protected by encryption similar to that used by banks.
15. The counting of votes is done by a supercomputer, which adds up the results of all the polls. The results of the polls at each polling station are available on the Electoral Court website.
16. The law prohibits bringing a video camera or camera into the voting booth to guarantee the secret vote.
17. Electronic voting machines began to be used in 1996 and there has never been a single proven case of fraud or hacking in Brazil.
18. More than forty nations use electronic voting on a smaller or regional basis, including Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. They all look at Brazil's voting system as an example because Brazil is the only one that managed to do this on a national scale, in a safe and transparent way.
19. The ballot boxes are inviolable, and everything is done with maximum transparency with society. Any political party or entity has tools to monitor the polls at all stages of operation.
20. The video encourages viewers to share it with everyone to increase awareness about electronic voting machines.