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To: JD who wrote (46387)	6/3/2004 11:11:13 AM
From: malibuca	Respond to of 50167

I was taught that the privacy of the voting booth was one of the fundamental requirements of democracy. Who tells the folks who can't read which set of symbols (letters) represent which candidate?? Is that person trustworthy? Who watches the interpreter?? (now we have 3 people in the voting booth??). I am not an expert on the intricacies of the voting process in India but the use of symbols to designate the different candidates/parties appears to be the method used to deal with the illiteracy problem. rediff.com India has gone hi-tech with electronic voting in the election that was just completed. spectrum.ieee.org To be honest, I know nothing of India's constitution, but I find it remarkable (in a positive way) that the voting process has survived and prospered... Yes, it is one of the more remarkable success stories. The fact that democracy has become so ingrained in India even as it has failed to take root in neighboring Pakistan demonstrates the simple-mindedness of the view in the Bush administration that if Iraq became a democratic country, it would somehow result in other countries in the Middle East following suit - a sort of domino theory of countries achieving democratic reforms.