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Iowa to test forms of Internet voting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it'll-come-some-day dept.

dwh wrote to us about The Boston Globe reporting on Iowa's first steps towards Internet voting. It's tenative, with just putting computers by the boothes, but it's a first step. The article does a good job of addressing the pros and cons while talking about the first states, WA and VA which have tried it already. What do you folks think? Good or bad?

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  1. Reducing apathy by Rayban · · Score: 4

    I think the best part of internet-based voting is the reduction in voter apathy. Personally, I think this is one of the biggest problems we have nowadays. If everyone came out to vote, we could ensure that the likelihood of a stupid candidate being elected would drop.

    As well, we could vote on many more small issues. The government could always "put an issue to the people" and not inconvenience us.

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