E-Voting: a Flawed Solution in Search of a Problem

blorg writes "In the promised follow-up to last-week's I, Cringely column on E-Voting (discussed on Slashdot here), Robert X. Cringely discusses his proposed solution to the electronic voting mess. The ideas in this piece have all appeared already on Slashdot, but this stands as a well-argued condensation of them into a single article. In the article, he looks briefly at possible solutions for the auditability problem but ultimately argues that technology introduces more problems into elections than it solves. Instead, he suggests that elections can be run quicker, cheaper and fairer using the paper-based Canadian model."

Comments

Cringely is a fraud

[nil5]

This dude is on the CANADIAN payroll. No wonder he thinks the "superior" "canadian paper model" is better.

This is yet another Canadian plot to intimidate, impersonate, and infiltrate our precious bodily fluids!

How do you choose?

[Gilmoure]

I don't know anything about Canadian politicians. How would a mere Floridian know who to vote for?

Re:They always say. . .

[MadCow42]

>> Not making use of technology in the information age just doesn't make good sense.

So you're the dumb F&*% that wants to put a web browser in my refridgerator?

Over-use of technology when there's no need for it is a bigger mistake than not implementing the "latest and greatest" when you have a system that already works.

(not to say that the US voting system works)

MadCow.