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IMHO internet voting falls under "because you can does not mean you should".
by rimantas 13y ago
IMHO internet voting falls under "because you can does not mean you should".
- jsaxton86 13y agoThere are two parts to this story: -Estonia has an internet voting system -Estonia just released the source code to their voting system Even if internet voting is a terrible idea, a transparent election system is a very good idea, and releasing the source code for your voting system is a big step in that direction.
- kmfrk 13y agoIll-advised or not, at lot of countries are considering e-voting. I think it's a bad idea as well, but like you, I think it's weird to be upset that there are people who want to help achieve the best solution/compromise, in the event that your country's government vote to implement something like this. I'm as pro-government as the next European, but we can all think of horrible government project failures.
- pavel_lishin 13y agoCan you expand on that? I could probably blab for three minutes on either side of the argument, but I don't know if I have any strong opinions about it right now.
- btbuildem 13y agoShrink the scope and decentralize to reduce risk. In this case, at a cultural level: don't vote on puppets, but vote on everything the puppets do. We have the technology to enable direct democracy.
- return0 13y agoI don't agree to that. Current elections are costly, slow and bloated, meaning they can't be conducted often. Internet voting could allow for new forms of democracy altogether.