http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2012/11/08/the-time-has-come-for-national-vote-by-mail Comments On: The Time Has Come for National Vote-by-Mail by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/debonis/2010/10/hacker_infiltration_ends_dc_on.html

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/Test-Hackers-Crack-DC-Internet-Voting-System.html

google search returns:

https://www.google.com/search?q=dc+internet+voting+test


As someone who is a tech professional, and has an interest in network security I will NEVER trust internet voting.
Posted by physical_votes_please]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:01:23 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by tODD]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:55:56 -0800 Portland Mercury
But in reality, congress and the government generally don't need authority or justification for any of their actions anymore. Where was the congressional authorization to bomb Libya or Pakistan?
Posted by fidelity_axiom]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:41:08 -0800 Portland Mercury
Just curious, on what Constitutional basis would Congress do that?

Also, one might note that there were extremely long lines in states that already have no-excuse early voting, which is typically functionally equivalent to vote-by-mail. For instance, Ohio and Florida already allow it. Did that solve their problems?
Posted by tODD]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:46 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Think and read it again.]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:33:04 -0800 Portland Mercury
@Soccor21chr - but financing didn't play a larger role in our elections after Citizen's United – that’s the important lesson of the 2012 elections! Romney out spent Obama, Nolan outspent Fritz. You can certainly pay for elections in this country, but you don't do it by paying for advertisements, you hire spies to stuff/remove ballots, rig machines, and ole fashion fraud. Direct campaign spending like advertising has a small marginal effect on voting choices, but unless spending is truly lopsided, the effect is marginal, and demonstrably negated. Plus, you can't stop free people from spending their money on candidates/elections, and you can't prevent people from spending money anonymously, campaign financing just needs to be a totally open market, which is what Citizen’s United did. I guarantee you that the corporate billionaires spent the same proportion of money as they did in 2008, but now they don’t have to hide it. Plus, most corporate billionaires spend on both sides of the aisle, which excludes only 3rd party folks.

@pdxM8 – I think that whole “patch” was a rouse. The release was probably a date & time patch, or something else inane. It’s a doublesided claim though: what if the “patch” was to scare off people who designed software to undermine the vote? What if the patch undermined the vote? Ahh- it’s all bullshit. Who cares? Elections are a big joke anyways.
Posted by fidelity_axiom]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:23:18 -0800 Portland Mercury
Non-proprietary voting software is a must, and if you have to do that, you might as well go the extra step and vote online as well.
Posted by pdxMB]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:57:53 -0800 Portland Mercury
To be clear: I'm not making a partisan point here. I just think Goldy is waaaaay off in suggesting that long lines at polling places are the work of nefarious "Republicans."
Posted by dcreader]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:54:42 -0800 Portland Mercury
B: While I appreciated Obama mentioning electoral reform, it was pretty devastating that he made no mention of campaign finance reform. The exorbitant role that money plays in our elections is just a tad more disconcerting than having to wait in line a few hours.
Posted by soccer21chr]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:50:26 -0800 Portland Mercury
You're missing my point. I'm not talking about the voters. I'm talking about the fact that Democratic officials govern the District, and thus control the voting process here. Which republican politicians were responsible for long lines at my polling place?
Posted by dcreader]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:44:38 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Think and read it again]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:36:25 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by cat & beard]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:18:44 -0800 Portland Mercury
Vote by internet. Allow vote by mail. And for the old folks, still operate some polling stations.

The open source community has already created voting technologies that are more secure than the existing machines. There’s a TED talk on this, and lots of information via google. Fraud proof elections are a possibility.

With internet technology, why do we even need political representatives? We certainly don't need the House of Representatives if each citizen can represent themselves, electronically.

The reality, to me, is that our government doesn’t want more participation in elections, and that additional participation doesn’t guarantee better results.
Posted by fidelity_axiom]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:51:19 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by dcreader]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:37:29 -0800 Portland Mercury