http://themoderatevoice.com/18545/online-voting/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:42:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/18545/online-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-152394 JSpencer Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:56:30 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/elections/18545/online-voting/#comment-152394 I have mixed feeling about internet voting. I mean I run firewalls, virus protection, and spyware, but still occasionally have issues to deal with when it comes to the shadier side of the internet. The idea of making voting more convenient would certainly increase the number of voters, which we'd all like, but if they are too lazy to understand why voting is important enough to get off their duffs and drive a mile or two, then just how important IS their vote when weighed against the potential for internet voting fraud? I have mixed feeling about internet voting. I mean I run firewalls, virus protection, and spyware, but still occasionally have issues to deal with when it comes to the shadier side of the internet. The idea of making voting more convenient would certainly increase the number of voters, which we'd all like, but if they are too lazy to understand why voting is important enough to get off their duffs and drive a mile or two, then just how important IS their vote when weighed against the potential for internet voting fraud?

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