Jonathan Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I am lazy. I want to stay on my couch in my living room with my
> laptop comfortably on my lap. I want to vote from a web site that I
> can access from anywhere. That way if I am in Tahiti on election day,
> I can still vote. That way, if I am in the military, I do not have to
> vote "Absentee". This is the time of that big Intarweb thing. Why
> not use it? Nobody checks my identity when I vote at current polling
> stations. Voting online could be just as secure or insecure. Keep
> some polling stations open with a laptop available for people who just
> have not gotten around to buying one of those durnfangled comp u tarz
> and downloading that In Tar Web thing onto it. Or better yet, just
> tell people to go to the library. Why purchase more equipment for
> voting. Most people have the equipment they need already. Just make
> one fool proof web site, probably cost the same amount of money as all
> those polling machines and manning the polling stations.
That violates the principle I just outlined. Someone could come to
your house and watch you vote to ensure you vote the way you say you
will.
It's also incredibly prone to security problems. Developing a secure
standalone voting machine is already too hard; developing a voting
machine hooked into the internet is security suicide.
--Levi
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