Close observors of democractic elections will remember the complications which arose in the last US general elections. Confusing ballot papers were among the factors that might have led to the ‘victory’ of George W.Bush, even though technically he didn’t get the majority of votes.

To ensure there can be no doubts this time, a new electronic voting machine has been created. It can be tested here . (Thanks to Arto for this).

And its not just in America. There were a lot of complaints about the complicated voting in the recent elections in London for the GLA and European elections. The Guardian politics has just one of the stories.