Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["David R. Matusiak" <matusiak AT speakeasy.net>]

ummmm... i think i covered this problem years ago...

<http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/column/index.php3?article_view=4>

"That solution is to simply move the voting system onto a networked 
environment 
that would have both touch-screen voting stations where there once were 
"voting 
booths," as well as technology enabling people to vote "on-line" (i.e. over 
the 
internet); as long as they could establish and maintain a secure connection 
(which is not a lot to ask for the privilege of voting online)."

so, i don't want to hear anymore crap about how the "digital divide" will 
screw 
the tech-poor out of eVoting.

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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Michael Thomas wrote:

> Good point here...
> 
> Also, online voting brings up digital divide issues.
> 
> It seems to me that online voting makes it 
> disproportionately easier for the technology
> rich to vote. Or at least, it could be perceived
> that way, which is all that is needed in politics.
> 
> > Even if UNC had dramatically higher turnout due to online voting, I
> > seriously doubt that online voting will have much of an impact on voter
> > turnout in the general public for awhile, at least until the use of and
> > reliance on computers in the general public becomes as widespread as it
> > is on UNC's campus. These days you cannot survive at UNC without a
> > computer, and life at UNC is designed to force you to use a computer for
> > practically everything, whether you want to or not. In fact, laptop
> > ownership has been mandatory for incoming freshmen since last year, and
> > every student has access to an Ethernet connection to the Internet that
> > even puts T1 to shame and makes not just dial-up, but also DSL and cable
> > modem look painfully slow, and unlike the general public, UNC students
> > take high-speed online access for granted and computer use has become
> > second nature. 
> > 
> > - Bill