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1 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Nov 6, 2012 5:57:07pm

Unfortunately the confidence factor is zip. Hacker wars to win it. The strongest networks get beat. So IMHO, no can do.

2 ಠ_ಠ  Tue, Nov 6, 2012 6:03:39pm

Online bank fraud is rampant. There's no uproar because banks fully reimburse victims, however they then quietly pass the costs on to customers through increased fees.

3 Aligarr  Tue, Nov 6, 2012 6:08:59pm

No way .Things are bad enough now . What we dont need hackers entering the game ....and please dont no one jump up and say but ,but , we can make it secure .
As it stands ,there are several problems in several states already , and I'm sure both sides are lawyered up and waiting to pounce with litigation ,add the problems of provisional and absentee ballots in the Hurricane hit States and there may be no official declaration of a winner for weeks .
Yea another mess , but would only be exacerbated with online voting .

4 lostlakehiker  Tue, Nov 6, 2012 8:21:54pm

Wave a magic wand and cause the risk of hacking to disappear. There's another problem. As things now stand, you go into the booth and you vote as you please. There is no record. You cannot prove to anyone, such as a domineering boss, friends you differ with but don't want to alienate, fathers or mothers of a teen, or a buyer of votes, how you voted. Good thing. The inability to document your vote is insurance against being pushed around.

But with online voting, there is no poll worker standing there to make sure nobody peers over your shoulder as you vote.

There's a reason why some states ban cell phones from the voting area: they make it too easy to snap a shot of your own, or somebody else's, ballot.

5 Velvet Elvis  Tue, Nov 6, 2012 9:12:32pm

The federal government's record on cybersecurity is laughable.

6 JABaker  Tue, Nov 6, 2012 10:26:07pm

You audit your bank account. Who audits election totals?


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