Welcome to Tomorrow’s Democracy
By Matt Metzner on 08/15/2012 with 3 CommentsRead Time: < 1 minute
Welcome to a discussion about tomorrow’s democracy. Here we will discuss the pros and cons of online voting, present relevant information, and make suggestions for new methods. Internet voting is an option for making democracy more accessible to voters and increasing participation.
Expect scholars and pundits to weigh in on the potential benefits that online voting would present to American democracy. Also expect critics to present arguments against internet voting.
We hope you enjoy the discussion, find it enlightening, and walk away more educated on the topic than you had been before.
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3 Comments
Lucas Eaves
08.15.2012
@lucaseaves
Looking forward to know more about online voting as online everything is part of our lives, why not having one more.
iVote-USA
08.16.2012
Votes will be cast for our future leaders from break rooms, coffee shops, libraries, living rooms, anywhere, and everywhere. Voting in the United States today is an inconvenient, confusing, and time-consuming process. This process is, and has been, a barrier to many who want to vote. There are over 207 million eligible voters today, of which only 56.8% were able to vote during the last presidential election, and 37.8% during the last non-presidential election. More votes were cast for the last American Idol (97.5M) than were for our last President (69.4M), because it was simpler.
The voices of citizens stationed overseas, traveling abroad, or those unable to take a day off work, cannot be heard under our current voting process. An absentee ballot helps, but is also inconvenient. Technology exists today that can provide our citizens the opportunity to participate in our democracy, and vote online, no mater where they are on the planet.
13 countries, outside of the US, are currently using, have used, or are in testing trials with state of the art online voting platforms. The accuracy, and success rates are unparalleled by any other methodology of tabulating votes. In addition to the accuracy, the exponential increase in voter participation is phenomenal. Simplifying elections to encourage & enable a countries citizens to vote, should be the goal of all nations.
The EAC is currently testing these platforms here in the US. Follow their Blog for their weekly updates: http://www.eac.gov/blogs/voting_system_testing_update_81412/
Dr. William J. Kelleher
08.16.2012
@DrWJK
If they can do it in India, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, West Virginia, and several other places, then why not do it in California, too?
William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.
@wjkno1