And it is freaking fantastic. EVERYONE in this country should have the option of mailing in their votes. If only we didn’t have Regressives in charge, and olive branchers on the other side…
By not having this easy option, it is really telling that our government does not want us to vote.
Online voting is a bad idea, generally speaking. Computers are much less “transparent” to humans compared to other humans counting papers, so it’s much easier for the operator to rig. This is even ignoring the fact that it’s very difficult to set up a network-connected computer system that doesn’t have at least some vulnerabilities…
And it is freaking fantastic. EVERYONE in this country should have the option of mailing in their votes. If only we didn’t have Regressives in charge, and olive branchers on the other side…
By not having this easy option, it is really telling that our government does not want us to vote.
I think it’s nutty we still can’t figure out a secure online voting system. Estonia has for decades.
Online voting is a bad idea, generally speaking. Computers are much less “transparent” to humans compared to other humans counting papers, so it’s much easier for the operator to rig. This is even ignoring the fact that it’s very difficult to set up a network-connected computer system that doesn’t have at least some vulnerabilities…