Scientists question electronic voting

[Rebecca Mercuri]

In the US it is a felony (in most, perhaps all, states) to sell
one's vote. One of the reason Internet voting is not having
much appeal here is because it will make it much easier to
do this (even simply by passing one's ID along).  People
here also don't like the idea of having biometric ID for 
election purposes because the folks who generally have
been denied the right to vote in the past are the ones who
are also the most wary about the government having their
biometric information.  Internet voting for sociological 
reasons alone (security and auditibility issues aside) is
a really bad idea. (Yes, Ed, I know you disagree but your
proposals do not solve the overwhelming sociological
problems.)  The question is really: how many more people
will be disillusioned by the new technologies and will voter
turnout decrease after it is no longer a novelty?  There's 
something to be said for the community aspect of going to
the polls.

R. Mercuri.


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