The problem I have with this is the statement of that many of those businesses are patently partisan, and therefore I do not trust their impartiality in system development.
The most eggregious example is, of course, the infamous Wally O'Dell guaranteed in that he would deliver Ohio's electoral votes to Bush. Yes, we can trust businesses to take our money as efficiently as possible, but we are seeing we cannot trust them with our individual or our countries best interests at heart. They are only interested in their own benefit. And even trusting them to take our money is getting a little shaky, with all the privacy leaks and cc info stolen. I would prefer this, too, but don't know if I would trust such a system to work impartially (on any side). On 6/14/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My preference would be for some sort of online voting system that would > enable the average voter to totally bypass polling places and the partisan > party systems that control them. There are certainly difficult challenges in > fraud prevention with an online system, but if banks and credit card > companies can run their businesses online, certainly we can run elections > online. Some provision would need to be made for people without computers > (library access, etc.). I am not suggesting the system would be foolproof, > but it could hardly be worse than the current system, and it would have the > added benefits of convenience and direct participation in circumvention of > the established parties. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209320 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
