Voting for Elected Officials by Telephone or by Internet
All of us should be able to vote for elected officials by telephone or the Internet just like stock holders vote their proxies which includes voting for members of the Board of Directors. It is fast, centralized, accurate, convenient, and much less expensive than current practices using voting machines with paper ballots and lots of people power in each state. Each voter would receive by USPS mail or by email during ...more »
All of us should be able to vote for elected officials by telephone or the Internet just like stock holders vote their proxies which includes voting for members of the Board of Directors. It is fast, centralized, accurate, convenient, and much less expensive than current practices using voting machines with paper ballots and lots of people power in each state.
Each voter would receive by USPS mail or by email during account setup a unique key code that is entered on the phone or web page login, and that key is applied to each vote that is cast.
There could be a central database for all local, state, and national elections. Votes would be tallied in real time as votes are cast, and statistics generated in real time as well.
No more excuses for not voting because of bad weather, and no more bad paper ballot punched holes. No more disputed ballots, recounts, or court cases over who won the election.
Edited 5/26/09
I think this idea is very timely because I just heard on our local Honolulu news that 2009 neighborhood board elections were conducted electronically by phone or Internet for the first time and saved an estimated $100,000 in paperwork and mailings. You can learn more at the following web links:
http://www.nbvote09.com/app/1627/2090
http://www.honolulu.gov/nco/2009electionfaq.htm
Edited 5/28/09
Here is a link to a local newspaper account of the first ever electronic ( Internet and Telephone ) elections held in the U.S. Turnout was not that good because it is a new approach to voting, and such change takes time. "Rome wasn't built in a day". At least Honolulu is taking the lead in this new technology just as Hawaii was the first to go all digital TV on February 15 while the rest of the mainland still lags behind.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090527/NEWS01/905270371/1001
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