CLOSE ATTENTION TO AMERICA'S ELECTIONS, THE SAME WHICH

AMERICA PAYS CLOSE ATTENTION TO THEIRS.

BUT WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR A RECENT IMMIGRANT TO FINALLY SEE YOUR

FAMED ELECTION PROCESS UP CLOSE?

RONNY CHIENG GIVES US THE ANSWER.

>> AMERICA, WORLD'S GREATEST DEMOCRACY.

THAT INALIENABLE RIGHT TO VOTE? PURE GENIUS.

A PROJECTED TEN BILLIONS DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT ON PRESIDENTIAL

CAMPAIGNING ALONE!

CHA-CHING!

I SAT DOWN WITH AN EXPERT TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR AMAZING

PROCESS.

CAN YOU TELL ME HOW AMERICA GOT A PERFECT VOTING SYSTEM.

>> I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S PERFECT.

>> NO, THE VOTING SYSTEM IS PERFECT.

PLEASE DON'T RUIN THIS FOR ME.

>> I'M NOT SURE THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A PERFECT VOTING

SYSTEM.

>> NO, NO, NO!

IT'S PERFECT!

THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS!

>> THERE ACTUALLY ARE PROBLEMS.

IN 2000 WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE VOTE MACHINES IN FLORIDA, SO

CONGRESS ALLOCATED ABOUT $2 BILLION TO BUY NEW VOTING

MACHINES.

>> YES!

$2 BILLION!

YEAH!

YEAH!

2 BILLION MAKING IT RAIN!

$2 BILLION RIGHT IN YOUR POCKET!

>> WELL, MOST STATES BOUGHT NEW EQUIPMENT.

>> AND IS IT WORKING GREAT?

WELL, THEY'RE SHOWING THEIR AGE IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.

TECHNOLOGY DOESN'T LAST FOREVER.

>> ACCORDING TO HIS RESEARCH, THAT $2 BILLION FROM CONGRESS

WAS USED UP OVER A DECADE AGO.

NOW 86% OF MACHINES ARE OUTDATED AS A (BLEEP) FLIP FLOWN.

I VISITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ELECTION TO SEE IF THINGS ARE

THAT BAD.

>> ROUGHLY HALF THE STATES ARE USING OLD VOTER EQUIPMENT.

>> WHEN YOU SAY OLDER, DO YOU MEAN OLD BUT COOL VINTAGE?

LIKE MACKLEMORE? THIFTSHOT SONG?

>> THEY'RE NOT HIP AND COOL.

THEY'RE JUST OLD.

>> OLD AS IN SHITTY?

>> YES.

EVEN THE GOVERNOR ACTUALLY HAD PROBLEMS ON ELECTION DAY WHEN HE

WENT TO VOTE.

IT WOULDN'T SELECT THE CANDIDATE HE WAS TRYING TO VOTE FOR.

>> DAMN!

ARE VOTING MACHINES THIS BAD EVERYWHERE?

I NEEDED TO SEE SOME UP CLOSE IN A LOCAL PRECINCT LIKE OAKLAND

COUNTY MICHIGAN.

GREAT, WE HAVE 1960s MICROWAVES.

WHERE ARE THE VOTING MACHINES?

>> THESE ARE THE VOTING MACHINES.

>> OKAY.

>> THE MEMORY CARDS USE A COIN CELL BATTERY.

WHEN THE BATTERY DIES, WE LOSE THE DATA.

>> IS YOUR GAME PLAN ON ELECTION DAY, PLEASE, JESUS, DO NOT LET

THE BATTERY IN THESE MEMORY CARDS FAIL?

>> RIGHT.

THEN HE SHOWED ME CRUCIAL VOTING MACHINES PARTS.

>> THEY'RE HARD TO GET BUT WE'VE FOUND THEM ON eBAY.

>> SO YOU'RE BASICALLY GETTING SHITTY TECHNOLOGY FROM eBAY

SECONDHAND?

>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL OUR ELECTION CENTRAL.

>> HANG ON.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> THAT IS A 56K DIAL-UP COME ON!

(SPEAKING MALAYSIAN)

EVEN MY GRANDMOTHER IN MALAYSIA WOULD LOOK AT THIS AND

GO WHAT THE (BLEEP)!

I READ YOUR REPORT. YOU COULDN'T DONE IT IN FOUR WORDS.

VOTING MACHINES ARE (BLEEP) -- FOUR WORDS.

GOOD LORD, I COME TO AMERICA FOR THIS?

THE VOTING MACHINES THEY USE IN INDIA, IS A BRIEFCASE, COSTS

$175.

IT WORKS FOR LIKE A BILLION PEOPLE.

>> BUT IN THE UNITED STATES MACHINES ARE A LOT MORE

EXPENSIVE THAN YOU EXPECT.

>> HOW EXPENSIVE CAN THESE BE?

EACH MACHINE IS ABOUT $6,000.

>> $6,000 -- FOR THIS?

>> YES.

>> CAN YOU ORDER STARBUCKS ON THIS?

>> NO.

>> CAN YOU LOG ON TO Facebook?

>> NO.

>> FOR $6,000, I EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO (BLEEP).

I GIVE UP, CAN WE CLOSE OUR EYES AND PRETEND THESE MACHINES

AREN'T A PROBLEM?

>> WHEN MACHINES BREAK, YOU GET LONG LINES, BETWEEN 500,000 AND

700,000 PEOPLE WEREN'T ABLE TO VOTE IN THE 2012 ELECTIONS

BECAUSE OF LONG LINES.

>> SIMPLIFY THIS FOR ME.

WHO THE (BLEEP) DO I HAVE TO BLAME FOR THIS?

>> I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF BLAME TO GO AROUND.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ESSENTIALLY DOESN'T SPEND ANY

MONEY ON OUR ELECTIONS.

>> I'M SORRY, CAN YOU EXCUSE ME ONE MINUTE?

WOW.

THIS DEMOCRACY IS DOOMED.

MANY OF ITS OWN CITIZENS CAN'T VOTE BECAUSE THE COUNTRY WON'T

SPEND ANY MORE MONEY ON VOTING MACHINES.

IF ONLY WE COULD HARNESS THE BILLIONS SPENT ON THE CAMPAIGNS

AND STUPID ADS!

WAIT A MINUTE...

A VOTING MACHINE THAT RUNS ON ADS!

I'M A GENIUS!

THIS MACHINE RIGHT HERE.

>> IT'S AN iPad PLAYING A VIDEO OF DONALD TRUMP.

>> HOW DO YOU VOTE ON IT?

>> YOU WATCH 10 TO 15 MINUTES OF CAMPAIGN ADS AND YOU ACTUALLY

VOTE.

>> THIS WOULD ACTUALLY VIOLATE A LOT OF LAWS.

>> IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ADS, YOU PAY A $99 FEE.

>> LIKE A POLL TAX?

>> MORE LIKE SPOTIFY.

>> WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING MONEY OFF VOTERS CASTING

BALLOTS.

>> YOU DON'T WANT MY VOTING MACHINE, AMERICA?

I HOPE YOU ENJOY WAITING IN LINE FOR 12 HOURS ON ELECTION DAY.