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Could E-Voting Cure Voter Apathy?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sure-can't-make-it-worth dept.

Bendebecker notes that The Register is saying that "A major trial is about to kick off in the UK that could help decide whether e-voting is merely a gimmick or whether it can genuinely help cure voter apathy." Voter Apathy or Flash Poll Elections? What is the lesser of 2 evils?

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  1. Cowboyneal by thenextpresident · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do we get a Cowboyneal option?

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    Jason Lotito
  2. Re:WRONG by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Funny

    Nah, this is a good thing. After all, all of us geeks will be able to hack into the system and "vote early, vote often". Finally, a way to beat the system.

  3. Linus Torvalds elected President in 2010 by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    By a landslide write-in upset of 97 trillion votes. Electronic fraud is suspected in the election, results of the investigation are pending...

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  4. Why the hell would I want to cure voter apathy? by E1v!$ · · Score: 4, Funny

    My vote has more weight the way things are now!

  5. Re:Voting for idiots or idiots voting? by Hormonal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great, our next president is going to be named Miller, because a bunch of voters just don't like Busch.

  6. uh oh by mikeee · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the new Prime Minister of Britian is...

    Cowboy Neal!

  7. Yes! by blackmail · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine all the millions and millions of dead people who would vote if they could do so electronically!

  8. Will it cure apathy???? by Kaz+Riprock · · Score: 2, Funny


    Eh...who cares.

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    Mordor...a magical, mythical land where women are more rare than dragons--but where every man would rather find a dragon
  9. voter apathy by VanillaCoke420 · · Score: 2, Funny

    How to cure voter apathy, I present two alternatives:

    1. Intelligent, well spoken candidates, or
    2. Beauty contest with topless beautiful candidates
  10. Spam by ehiris · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine all the Spam this would generate. All the politicians would jump into your mailbox with messages like vote for me and get 3 extra inches overnight.

    ... And that's territorial inches you pervert.