Politics · #6 of 26 · Since 1996

Paperless electronic voting machines (DRE without VVPAT)

Fully electronic voting with no paper to recount. A technology Brazil adopted nationwide and few others wanted.

Fictional dataHidden jabuticabaMachine translation, not yet reviewed.

Jabuticaba Index®

94%

Plausibility range: 92–96%

Evidence grade. Computed from source types: from A (official and academic data) to D (editorial judgment). It does not change the index.

01What exactly is being measured

Direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machines with no voter-verified paper record, used nationwide in general elections.

Votes are recorded electronically only ^[1].

Other countries tried the model and dropped it ^{[2, 3]}.

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Equal Earth projection. Places with uncertain presence take the color of the highest possible level; the table shows the full range.

Place (3)

Place	Presence	Weight	Sources
United States	Regional	0.5	[2]
Bhutan	Absent (checked) – Regional	0–0.5	[2]
India	Absent (checked)	0	[2]
Presence abroad		0.5–1

Place	Presence	Sources
LouisianaUS-LA Statewide use, according to the fictional source.	Widespread	[3]
TexasUS-TX	Absent (checked) – Marginal	[3]
New JerseyUS-NJ	Marginal – Regional	[3]

Presence abroad Sum of each place's weight: widespread = 1, regional = 0.5, marginal = 0.1. Where it only exists as a Brazilian export, the weight is multiplied by 0.5.: 0.75 (0.5–1)
Exclusivity E From 0 (exists everywhere) to 1 (only in Brazil), on a log scale.: 0.88 (0.85–0.91)
Intensity I How much more common it is in Brazil than in the other places where it exists. Nationwide use in Brazil; abroad, only in parts of a few countries. [1, 2]: 4 of 4
Rarity coefficient R R = E + 0.5 × (I ÷ 4) × (1 − E) R = 0.88 + 0.5 × (4 ÷ 4) × (1 − 0.88) = 0.94: 0.94
Jabuticaba Index®: 94% (92–96%)

Not part of the score

AwarenessHidden jabuticaba

How aware Brazilians are that this is rare abroad.

Heavily debated, but rarely as something rare in the world. editorial judgment

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[1]
Decreto Fictício nº 0.000, de 1º de abril de 2020
Diário Oficial Imaginário · Apr 1, 2020 · Official document · in Portuguese
example.org/fictional-decree · accessed Sep 25, 2026
[2]
A. Nonymous, P. Laceholder. A Global Survey of Allegedly Unique Things
University of Nowhere Press · Jun 2024 · Academic
example.org/fictional-survey · accessed Sep 25, 2026
[3]
Brazilians Surprised Again
The Example Gazette · Jan 15, 2026 · News
example.org/fictional-gazette · accessed Sep 25, 2026

Last reviewed Sep 25, 2026 · Methodology v0.2