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OfflineBrukan
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Online Voting: More Democratic?
    #1024910 - 11/05/02 03:59 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

So what do you all think about online voting? A good idea? Not secure enough yet?

I think it's a great idea...people can vote from their homes. But I do see this as a new avenue for hackers to play in. I don't have a solid opinion just yet, but may form one if the discussion gets lively here...

- To add...the college I go to has for the first time this semester created an online voting system for students to elect student representative for our college government. The elections are under way right now (11/5/02 to 11/7/02)...and so far so good. I'll post something if problems should arise...or I'll post a link for the voting system itself if I find one.

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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Brukan]
    #1026136 - 11/05/02 10:34 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

I think its a bad idea. Even barring the potential for technical problems.

First of all, I think the logistics involved in getting to the voting both and actually being able to interpret a ballot (hahah) help to discourage people from voting who shouldn't be voting anyways.
What i mean by this is that if someone is not informed about the issues and candidates up for vote, then that person should abstain from voting on those issues or for those candidates.
Making voting avaliable online will make it more like a passtime activity which participating in politics certainly should NOT be.

I can see it now "Billy Bob, why doncha get on that Amerika Online and vote for that nice southern feller. I sho do like his harcut!"

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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Viveka]
    #1027712 - 11/06/02 10:42 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

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> ...What i mean by this is that if someone is not informed about the issues and candidates up for vote, then that person should abstain from voting on those issues or for those candidates. Making voting avaliable online will make it more like a passtime activity which participating in politics certainly should NOT be.

Wow, I think that is an excellent argument! I started this discussion with the mind set that a voter is an informed voter...knowing the candidates, what they stand for, and what they plan to do. So if people are not aware of these variables...should they even vote? Wow, I think this can lead to a whole other discussion in this forum.

But in an ideal scenario...all voters knowing the stances of the candidates...I find online voting the utopian method of voting.
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> I can see it now "Billy Bob, why doncha get on that Amerika Online and vote for that nice southern feller. I sho do like his harcut!"

HAHA, tha is scary!!!
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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Brukan]
    #1027722 - 11/06/02 10:48 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

one word...Hackers


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Brukan]
    #1031930 - 11/07/02 09:32 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

Why just vote on candidates?

Why not vote on - War with iraq, legalisation of drugs etc etc?

Thats the aspect of online voting that excites me. Make the politicians true administrators of the peoples will rather than the seedy reptiles they currently are. :grin: 


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: GazzBut]
    #1033071 - 11/07/02 03:08 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

In reply to:

Why not vote on - War with iraq, legalisation of drugs etc etc?



Because the US is a republic, not a democracy. There are aspects of voting on everything that I'd like. There are people though who are too lazy to vote, too lazy to learn, too lazy to think. If they could vote from home I shudder to think what may happen. Plus with the average attention span of most people (not just the US) being around 6 seconds (I made that number up so don't ask for a source. Feel free to substitute your own number if you'd like) how long do you think it would take before everyone voted to bring back the poloticians?

In reply to:

Make the politicians true administrators of the peoples will rather than the seedy reptiles they currently are.



If everyone could vote on everything, why would you need politicians?

Take that to its next step. In a true democracy you could vote to expel immigrants from the country. You could have a vote to make gay bashing legal. You could vote to make pot smoking a death penalty offense.

Now here's a quote fron an ABC poll, It's from the end of Seprtember so it's a bit out of date....
"In this latest poll, 61 percent of Americans support attacking Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein. That's eased a bit from 68 percent after Bush addressed the United Nations on Sept. 12, but it's still up from late August. "

If a vote had been taken then by the people we'd already be at war. Still think voting on everything is such a good idea?


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Viveka]
    #1033382 - 11/07/02 05:32 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

"First of all, I think the logistics involved in getting to the voting both and actually being able to interpret a ballot (hahah) help to discourage people from voting who shouldn't be voting anyways."

Everyone who is a citizen of legal age "should" be voting. That being said, I didn't vote.


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Captain Jack]
    #1033886 - 11/07/02 08:54 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

I didn't vote either........I'm hiding out from jury duty


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #1035036 - 11/08/02 03:23 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

Firstly Im from the UK. I was just speaking generally.

In reply to:

There are people though who are too lazy to vote, too lazy to learn, too lazy to think.




I don't vote. Not because im lazy but because I resent being forced to pick 1 from 3, when I disagree with 90% of what they stand for anyway. I know there are alot of lazy, stupid people out there but I think you are overstating the case. If we were all more involved in government perhaps people would be more likely to stay abreast of current affairs and use their brains for more than simply deciding what exactly to buy next.

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If everyone could vote on everything, why would you need politicians?




Im not suggesting we vote on everything. Major issues that can affect entire nations should be voted on. And as time goes by the range of issues could be widened depending on the success of the system. So politicians would still be needed to formulate bills to be voted on and then to administer the decisons. Obviously it is not a perfect system but i think it would improve what we have.

In reply to:

If a vote had been taken then by the people we'd already be at war. Still think voting on everything is such a good idea?




As I said im from UK. If a vote was taken over here you'd be going to war on your own. The various polls I have seen show that between 60 - 70% of the UK population are opposed to war. I have also heard others on these forums report polls from the US which also come out against war. How reliable would ABC be?


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: GazzBut]
    #1035061 - 11/08/02 03:56 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

I know where you're from.

In reply to:

I don't vote.



Then your opinion carries little weight. If their are 3 and you like none, pick the one whos values most closely reflect your own. You may not get exactly what you want but you may help keep out someone far worse. It's a sad situation but far better than doing nothing.

In reply to:

Major issues that can affect entire nations should be voted on.



And so who decides what the major issues are? Do we vote on those as well? In effect by voting for politicians we are.

In reply to:

How reliable would ABC be?



Perhaps being from the UK you are unaware of just how much the big 3 networks (CBS, NBC, ABC) dislike the republicans and the conservative agenda in general. If they publish the results of a poll, and it goes along with the republicans and their agenda, it's only because the there was no way to keep it bottled up. The media in this country (for the most part) takes great joy in hammering the right and covering up for the left.

Also, as I was careful to point out that poll was a couple months old.


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #1035161 - 11/08/02 05:29 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

This system would be hacked so fast, mickey mouse would be the next president.


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #1035476 - 11/08/02 08:31 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

The old I dont vote so i dont have an opinion arguement eh?

The reason i do not vote is because i am not willing to propogate a syatem in which i have no faith. My non-vote is a vote against the system. It is easy to dsmiss non voters as lazy but this is just convenient. Voter turnout in the US is around 50% i believe. 140 million lazy people? I dont thinks so.

I beleive politicians should still create bills etc. I just think we should all vote on them. One vote every 4 years is a joke.

As for your analysis of the american media please pass the salt. Any americans out there who can offer a different version of media bias in the states?


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Cow Shit Collector]
    #1035481 - 11/08/02 08:33 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

at least you wouldnt have the chad debate! dont see how online voting could be anymore corrupt than what you already have. Al Gore for preseidente!


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: GazzBut]
    #1035571 - 11/08/02 09:13 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

****The reason i do not vote is because i am not willing to propogate a syatem in which i have no faith. My non-vote is a vote against the system.****

then you deserve what you get in my opinion.

****Voter turnout in the US is around 50% i believe. ****

try closer to 25% if that...and that's just 25% of the registered voters, not the population as a whole...it's quite sad really.

****I beleive politicians should still create bills etc. I just think we should all vote on them. One vote every 4 years is a joke.****

in a democracy yes..in a republic we have representation to do the voting for thr people (in theory)

****As for your analysis of the american media please pass the salt. Any americans out there who can offer a different version of media bias in the states? ****

pass the salt? is this more british humor..er humour? :grin: Actually ABC, NBC, and CBS are pretty biased.  Example: during the BUSH/GORE election if it was a 51% to 49% (with 5% ballots counted) they would all call it for GORE..When the opposite happen it was too close to call.  I remember watching the elections at my inlaw's house and yelled at the TV when they called the race in Florida so early...i was pissed because some people haven't even voted yet...

another would be that when the right wins as in a few days ago it wasn't that the republicrates got their message out it was because they spent sooooo much money and the angry white men syndrome of 1994...



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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Innvertigo]
    #1035630 - 11/08/02 09:40 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

****The reason i do not vote is because i am not willing to propogate a syatem in which i have no faith. My non-vote is a vote against the system.****

then you deserve what you get in my opinion.


This is my point inny, whoever I vote for im gonna get the same. In the UK the parties are so close in most of their policies that the difference is only in presentation and the minor details. So why bother voting with the rest of the sheep? I think when voter turnout is so low there needs to be a serious rethink of the system.


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #1035644 - 11/08/02 09:43 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

The media in this country (for the most part) takes great joy in hammering the right and covering up for the left

Wierd. These multi-billion dollar media corporations are all run by hardline anarchists.

Sound likely?


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: GazzBut]
    #1035652 - 11/08/02 09:47 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

I think when voter turnout is so low there needs to be a serious rethink of the system.

Exactly. I don't think it's because of "voter apathy" either. People are more interested in politics than they have ever been, they just don't see that it matters which big business serving oligarchy is currently in power.


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: GazzBut]
    #1035659 - 11/08/02 09:48 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

****I think when voter turnout is so low there needs to be a serious rethink of the system. ****

yeah the people...unfortunatly. there ARE a lot of lazy people here in the US (hate to admit it)....those that don't vote in the US are the sheep if ya ask me


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: GazzBut]
    #1036803 - 11/08/02 03:18 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

Can you not read? Or is comprehension not a strong point?

I didn't say you didn't have an opinion. I said it doesn't carry much weight. Is there a part of that difference you don't get?


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Brukan]
    #1039712 - 11/09/02 10:06 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

After the election fiasco of 2000 I did some serious thinking about how to make the voting system more secure. I came up with black and white marbles. This is an old voting system that used to be used in the US. It is very hard to commit voter fraud that way.

Washington has mail-in voting and I don't like that either even though it has some advantages.

Electronic voting is bad too.

Voting on the Internet? Never.

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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #1040198 - 11/10/02 01:11 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

I said it doesn't carry much weight.

I think it carries a little more weight than a man with a picture of a pierced nipple and "two inch dick but it spins" beneath his name.


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Xlea321]
    #1040499 - 11/10/02 06:12 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

Well Albie, fortunately we know just how worthless your thoughts are.

But you go on providing us with a laugh every once in awhile.


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #1041162 - 11/10/02 02:45 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

Maybe and perhaps politeness is not a strenght of yours?


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: GazzBut]
    #1041651 - 11/10/02 06:59 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

perhaps politeness is not a strenght of yours? 



Got me there.  :smirk:


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #1041655 - 11/10/02 07:05 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

TWo inch dick dawm i feel bad for you! maybe you should try those enlargment pills ..if they even work


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #1041705 - 11/10/02 07:36 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

you know something lovedem, everyones title exactly describes how we are.  I am actually the Harvester of Sorrow..and he is..well...nothing :grin:


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Re: Online Voting: More Democratic? [Re: Innvertigo]
    #1042188 - 11/11/02 12:01 AM (21 years, 4 months ago)

you know something lovedem, everyones title exactly describes how we are.

So luvdem really has got a 2 inch dick?


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