We have a
manned space station circling the earth; GPS that tell you your location
anywhere in the world within a couple of feet; computers you can talk to and
can answer back; robots replacing workers in factories; space probes that can
circle the moons of Saturn and send back data; wrist watches that can tell you
your heart rate, deliver you text messages and make phone calls; My little
Tom-Tom GPS can guide me to any address in Canada or the United States; we have
cell phones with apps that have unlimited capabilities; we have cars that can
drive themselves; and we are within ten years of unbelievable artificial
intelligence…
And I had to
stand in line for one hour to feed a paper ballot into an antiquated scanner
when I went to vote.
This is ridiculous
in a time of advanced technology. We should
be able to register on line and select a secure password and identifying data;
and then on voting day fill in our ballot online on a secure government
network. A super computer should be
able to spit out the results by the voting deadline.
The know-how and technology are available.
And Hand
Counts? You’ve got to be shitting me!
the Ol’Buzzard
Vote by mail, it's quick, it's easy & it works.
ReplyDeletePlus when it's all said & done there is a paper ballot can can can be counted again.
I have gotten spam from myself before... secure is one thing the internet is not.
If that could happen I would be all for it. But a secure government web site? Nah. That's like having a unicorn in your living room as a pet. It ain't gonna happen. Our government doesn't think like that. They're still in the 1950's
ReplyDeleteSorry, but you are completely wrong. It’s electronic voting that is the threat to democracy. Computer votes can very easily be subverted through simple programming by malign actors. Paper ballots can at least be validated. I am sure ballot boxes can be stuffed but the potential scale for fraud isn’t the same.
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