Florida Ditches Touch-screen Voting
Jennifer
CNET’s News.com is reporting that, after much debate and valid worries over vulnerabilities in the system, Florida has decided to ditch touch-screen voting machines.
As a big gadget-geek, I thought this article was interesting because I completely agree with the decision. While having an electronic voting system would eliminate some problems, it would open a completely different can of worms. Working in technology teaches you that we don’t pay attention to security issues enough! Not to mention that the election day process could not happen without volunteers, many of whom may not be proficient enough with technology to understand how to troubleshoot a problem when things go wrong. How much government oversight must there be of the process to ensure it doesn’t get hacked? How much government oversight is too much? Don’t get me wrong, I think it would be great to somehow implement a more efficient system but I think anything digital needs a great amount of thought. And even then, you know what they say about even the best laid plans.
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