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Electronic Voting: The Other Side of the Story

Posted by michael on from the vote-early-vote-often dept.

_randy_64 writes "We've all read about the perils of online voting. But in an article in MIT's Tech Review, noted technologist Simson Garfinkel looks at the other side of the story and comes away thinking that e-voting might not be so bad, if done properly. He mentions several ways that traditional ballot voting is just as 'hackable' as the electronic version."

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  1. Hackable? by TWX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Scissors, knives, boxcutters, X-acto blades...

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    Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
  2. Simson Garfield? by Masque · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What an odie-ous typo!

  3. The war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I suspect that few people ever take pause and consider the implications of our inaction. The Internet is a like a sea, a sea of information, and populated by titanic swarms of individuals - some struggling to achieve common goals. Amongst it's waves lurk recluse scholars, opportunistic venture capitalists, and terrifying predators. Much like the great cycle of life in our oceans, the wheel of time breathes life into an ever-evolving landscape of change on the Internet. The individual drives this evolution. It is therefore the individual that carries the burden of the Internet's success or failure, it's very longevity. Yet within this world we find ourselves restricted.

    There are whispers of a fable of a golden age of freedom, a time long since passed, in which all men communed in the delights of internet equality. This golden age delivered freedom to all that chose to accept it. Such a freedom was stolen from us long ago.

    It is in this absence of liberty that we find ourselves fighting a war on the digital front, gentleman. This conflict is one of ideals; combat between the old and the new. Victory promises a glorious renaissance of Internet communication and a transformation in the way in which we share our ideologies.

    We must not allow ourselves to exist under an oppressive regime that would limit our posting of ASCII artwork. Never again shall we tolerate the crime of unjustly censoring our fellow brothers whom seek to be the first to proclaim his or her existence within a thread. No longer shall we allow our brothers to be arbitrarily silenced - allowed to speak a mere two times each day because of their ideologies. If we do not make a stand now, my friends, we will forever be oppressed.

    Together, we can once again release the glorious and enchanting light of righteousness upon this collection of threads. No longer shall we be called troll! Let the call to arms echo across the great digital void and echo through the halls of our enemies! Let us make hell our enemies homes!

    We are trolls, let us remind our captors that we are still here, and that we are strong.