"My family has always voted democrat. My uncle recently recieved an award for never having missed an election in fifteen years; he had been dead for fourteen." -- Ronald Reagan
The failings of internet voting are pretty clear. Any time you take a "black box" mentality, it encourages those of no morality to push the bounds of acceptable behaviour. Let's say the Whig party owned a district, and they wanted to give a little more "oomph" to the Whig candidate. Who would monitor the election? Primarily Whigs, so as to overpower the Bull Moose party's handlers. Who would inspect the machines? Whigs.
"It's not who votes that counts, but who counts the votes." -- Joseph Stalin
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-- Ronald Reagan
The failings of internet voting are pretty clear. Any time you take a "black box" mentality, it encourages those of no morality to push the bounds of acceptable behaviour. Let's say the Whig party owned a district, and they wanted to give a little more "oomph" to the Whig candidate. Who would monitor the election? Primarily Whigs, so as to overpower the Bull Moose party's handlers. Who would inspect the machines? Whigs.
"It's not who votes that counts, but who counts the votes."
-- Joseph Stalin