tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post9052056957521026888..comments2024-03-28T05:35:07.354-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Wasteful New Voting Process is Not ProgressLisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-3944979408369516292010-09-17T08:37:50.173-04:002010-09-17T08:37:50.173-04:00As I understand it, the electronic+paper route is ...As I understand it, the electronic+paper route is being taken because there were a great number of security holes found in many electronic-only voting systems (one comes to mind in which there was a memory card slot which it turns out could be used to disrupt the software running the machine). Accordingly, they're doing this because they want the vote to be trustworthy (and trusted).<br /><br />As for online voting, that's not necessarily a bad idea, but I disagree that Facebook is a good platform for it: it's fairly easy to make fraudulent profiles (including impersonating others). Without a better way to verify identities, that would likely lead to massive election fraud.Daniel Faulkenberryhttp://card.ly/dfaulkenberrynoreply@blogger.com