2007-05-05 12:53:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
In Scotland it's the 100,000 spoilt votes. Maybe that was not electronic just too much confusion on the ballot paper.
By electronic voting I guess you mean via the Internet. Should not be too difficult to organise - but then the criminals will probably mess it up, as they do with everything else.
The best voting method is the old tried and tested one. The elector goes into the polling station, hands over his/her voting card and in exchange gets a ballot paper. The elector then goes into one of the booths and using the pencil stub hanging on a string, marks an 'X' along side the name of their chosen candidate.
The method described above is the cheapest and in England works out at about £1.50 to £2.00 per voter. This roughly translates into US$3.00 - $4.00 per.
2007-05-05 18:56:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hacking theory is out of the question for now, but there is a lot of controversies over electronic voting, especially in the state of Florida. Electronic voting may not, and most likely won't be a part of voting in Florida in the next presidential voting, due to numerous flaws found in the system.
The old voting system may come back because of the fear of the hacking theory, computer errors, and the nomination of a candidate into office ,that in reality, had less votes than the candidate who lost, and who actually would have won the election.
Electronic voting does, and has, impacted our democracy and citizens.
2007-05-05 13:35:53 · answer #2 · answered by just4fun20034 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only impacts are:
A greater choice in the method of voting.
A greater chance of errors occurring due to bugs and other unforeseen problems.
Everything else remains the same. Those who vote will elect a winner. The winner is the party or person with the most votes.
2007-05-05 16:30:43 · answer #3 · answered by rose_ee_lee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have more access to government and choices they want regarding leadership due to electronic democracy.
2007-05-05 13:35:49 · answer #4 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean voting, there is going to be so much cheating. If hackers can get into high securtity computers don't go thinking they won't be hired to dump extra votes into the logs.
2007-05-05 12:58:12 · answer #5 · answered by For_Gondor! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋