The highest and best use of the Internet is to allow the Citizens of this great nation to VOTE on the INTERNET, but VOTING NOT ONLY for the candidates. (More of them can participate on the Internet.) BUT ALSO voting on the ISSUES of the day. I.E. When to get out of Iraq. How much to cut our taxes? How to begin a National Health Care System? Balancing the Federal Budget. Securing our Borders. Abolishing the Lobbyists. And many more issues that we face every day can be addressed on the INTERNET in National Initiatives and Referenda such as Senator Mike Gravel, Democratic Presidential Candidate has envisioned. (Actually, his method is over complicated.) But by voting on the Internet, DEMOCRACY would be SWIFT, it would be JUST, it would be honorable. It would be Real MAJORITY RULE. YES, Virginia VOTING ON THE INTERNET is REAL Democracy, RIGHT NOW, not the half-assed version we have now, corrupted into dust by the Lobbyists on K Street.
2007-05-08 07:52:21 · 19 answers · asked by Mike M 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
There are several reasons. First, not everyone has access to the Internet. Secondly, how would you prevent people from hacking into the system and changing the results?
Another issue is the company that provides the technology. would the technology be proprietary? Meaning that the company has sole access to the information (votes).
Another factor to take into consideration is who pay for the cost of implementing this? What would happen with Internet voting when re-counts came up? What would happen if people couldn't access the Internet on election day for whatever reason.
Lastly, I imagine tradition has a huge part to play with it. Not to mention about 42% of registered voters go and vote anyway, so in essence it would be a waste of time.
2007-05-08 08:07:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only reason I can think of is voter fraud, and vote tampering are a lot more likely to happen if you convert voting to electronic, online voting.
It also seems like a VERY lazy thing to do, but considering how many DRIVE-THRUs the US has, thie suggestion doesn't surprise me.
I want to know why voting day is not a holiday like it is in so many other countries.
2007-05-08 08:09:21 · answer #2 · answered by Waiting and Wishing 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes but then a president would be elected by popular vote and a few Republicans wouldn't like THAT.Plus it's to easy and makes sense.There are controls that could be put in place to prevent fraud. I think it is about time that the issues be decided by the PEOPLE instead of the self interests of those in Washington. GREAT IDEA and over due.
2007-05-08 08:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel H 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ever heard of hackers? Foreign hackers have gotten into NASA and CIA databases, it wouldn't be too hard for some Chinese or German or Canadian guy sitting in his parent's basement eating Cheetos and grape soda to commit fraud and rig the most important election in the world
2007-05-08 07:59:59 · answer #4 · answered by Daniel M. 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Would never work. People in DC (lobbyists, staffers, members) have their jobs to represent YOU b/c you are not here to do it yourself. If you really want to change something or if everyone wanted to influence government that much, then would run for an election.
2007-05-09 16:56:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If one is too lazy to go to the polls maybe one's voice should not be heard.
Also tampering would be very easy and our Country would turn into a tyrannical democracy as every issue went to the 51%. We could eliminate the Consitution even faster this way.
2007-05-08 07:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by Correctlinguistics 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Remember how much Democrats *****ed about (alledged) tampering in the 2004 elections?
With the internet as unsecure as it is, hackers able to get in everywhere, there is no way internet voting is reliable.
2007-05-08 07:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Then voting is limited to those who can afford computers with Internet access.
Hardly democratic.
Also, too easy to hack.
Some day, perhaps, but not yet.
2007-05-08 13:03:11 · answer #8 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Way too much room for manipulation. Granted, we've already seen that the polls themselves can have manipulation as well. I guess we'll have to keep working to find that "perfect" solution for the future.
2007-05-08 08:27:12 · answer #9 · answered by Moneysaver3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the perfect encryption equipment it would desire to stand up to something a hacker might desire to arise with. the main situation is the shortcoming of "testable artifact" or, in hassle-free English, a paper checklist.
2016-12-17 07:30:24 · answer #10 · answered by hume 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋