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Newver understood the fascination with e-votes. E-votes are great when you vote for reality shows but for a normal election I think walking to the local booth a
by KorematsuFred 8y ago
Newver understood the fascination with e-votes. E-votes are great when you vote for reality shows but for a normal election I think walking to the local booth and vote is a much better idea because it is hackers proof and also only citizens with enough motivation will vote.
- jniedrauer 8y ago> and also only citizens with enough motivation will vote. Why are physical barriers restricting public engagement a desirable trait in a democracy?
- zanny 8y ago> Newver understood the fascination with e-votes. People want convenience. Citizens would like to vote online, and are largely ignorant of the technical challenges that make it impossible to secure, at least on your average everyday Internet connected consumer device. Its the job of us techies to keep shouting from the rooftops how all these implementations of online voting are deeply flawed and exploitable the same way climatologists have to keep screaming from the rooftops about the damage rising co2 is causing to our biosphere.
- C1sc0cat 8y agoDon't vote = don't get any benefits. You would have to have an allowance for certain Disabled and Housebound voters and maybe be allowed to miss one election.
- KorematsuFred 8y agoThat is worse. It means people on welfare might be willing to vote more and hence peters would vote to steal from paul. Probably an argument that only those who pay certain amount of tax alone should be able to vote.
- C1sc0cat 8y agoLovely so who gets to decide who the "active citizens" are. I think we have moved beyond that sort of limited franchise. Btw "active citizens" is a reference to the French revolution