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I think our society already places enough pressure on people to have phones or be excluded from certain activities, that having a mobile device or access to a w

I think our society already places enough pressure on people to have phones or be excluded from certain activities, that having a mobile device or access to a web browser with an internet connection is a safe assumption to make. The way I think about this electronic voting is not limited to just mobile applications or through the web, voting booths/stations can still be employed (which theoretically will have also less friction, due to lower usage). The purpose is to decrease friction of voting in the demographics where participation is not great currently. Young people usually don't vote, maybe having the option at their finger tips would improve that, what do you think?

defrost 3y ago
I suspect that even in North America there are less privileged demographics outside your circle of interaction with many people lacking access to a smart phone. I have no issue with the notion of expanding voting options to include a well thought out smart phone option but I have real concerns that limiting voting to only that would disenfranchise people outside your ken. Recall that a number of indigenous americans have had their right to vote restricted simply by living on a tribal reservations with no conventional fixed address. Sure, they might have a phone .. but I offer that as an example of the "oops, didn't think of that" consequence of assuming everyone has an address. The assumption that everyone has internet access is no different.
- mariusor 3y ago
  My plans, if I may call them that, are definitely not suitable for the USA, because the foremost prerequisite of making the whole thing remotely safe is the existence of a national id with cryptographic signature support, similar to how Estonia, or other European countries have/plan to have. As far as I remember some parts of the US were against requiring ID for voting, so make of that what you will.

defrost 3y ago

I suspect that even in North America there are less privileged demographics outside your circle of interaction with many people lacking access to a smart phone. I have no issue with the notion of expanding voting options to include a well thought out smart phone option but I have real concerns that limiting voting to only that would disenfranchise people outside your ken. Recall that a number of indigenous americans have had their right to vote restricted simply by living on a tribal reservations with no conventional fixed address. Sure, they might have a phone .. but I offer that as an example of the "oops, didn't think of that" consequence of assuming everyone has an address. The assumption that everyone has internet access is no different.

mariusor 3y ago
My plans, if I may call them that, are definitely not suitable for the USA, because the foremost prerequisite of making the whole thing remotely safe is the existence of a national id with cryptographic signature support, similar to how Estonia, or other European countries have/plan to have. As far as I remember some parts of the US were against requiring ID for voting, so make of that what you will.