June 04, 2019
Phone Voting
Timothy Birdnow
Not content with just stuffing the ballot boxes, the Democrats now want phone voting.
Gee, what could go wrong?
From World Net Daily:
So, the Russians hack two voter databases in Florida and we are told it's a national emergency, but at the same time we are supposed to let people vote via their smart phones while they are getting gassed on Jack and Coke. Sure. Real secure.
How hard will it be for these Russian hackers to game the phones? For that matter, how hard will it be for the makers of the phones to hack the phones? We could be looking at elections being stolen by Apple...
For that matter, how do you avoid having phones stolen so the votes can be stolen?
America already makes voting far too easy; there is little effort necessary. It's important that voters be serious about their franchise, and registering to vote the same day or having people pick up your ballots means your vote is not serious. In fact, it could easily be bought, which is the whole point. Phone voting would make the electoral process meaningless.
The Democrats should learn to win elections on the merits of what they want to do, not by tricking the foolish and promoting ways to cheat.
Not content with just stuffing the ballot boxes, the Democrats now want phone voting.
Gee, what could go wrong?
From World Net Daily:
One supporter of the idea, who "grew rich helping Uber,†sees mobile voting as "a potential cure for an ailing democracy,†the Times said.
It’s Bradley Tusk, who is betting that "the gospel of mobile voting will spread so fast that most Americans will have the option of casting their ballots for president by phone as soon as 2028.â€
Denver also is considering elections by phone.
Tusk argues the percent of voters taking part in elections would rocket if phone voting was widespread.
"I don’t see a world where the country can survive long term without something that fixes the dysfunction. Maybe this is that something.â€
He’s meeting with election officials wherever he can, volunteering to pay for pilot programs, and he expects to work with several states as early as 2020.
Mike Queen, the deputy chief of staff for West Virginia’s secretary of state, told the Times he’s confident the technology "can be perfected, but people have to look at this.â€
But Josh Benaloh, a senior cryptographer at Microsoft, told the Times that people who claim they have secure voting technology are selling "magic beans.â€
It’s Bradley Tusk, who is betting that "the gospel of mobile voting will spread so fast that most Americans will have the option of casting their ballots for president by phone as soon as 2028.â€
Denver also is considering elections by phone.
Tusk argues the percent of voters taking part in elections would rocket if phone voting was widespread.
"I don’t see a world where the country can survive long term without something that fixes the dysfunction. Maybe this is that something.â€
He’s meeting with election officials wherever he can, volunteering to pay for pilot programs, and he expects to work with several states as early as 2020.
Mike Queen, the deputy chief of staff for West Virginia’s secretary of state, told the Times he’s confident the technology "can be perfected, but people have to look at this.â€
But Josh Benaloh, a senior cryptographer at Microsoft, told the Times that people who claim they have secure voting technology are selling "magic beans.â€
So, the Russians hack two voter databases in Florida and we are told it's a national emergency, but at the same time we are supposed to let people vote via their smart phones while they are getting gassed on Jack and Coke. Sure. Real secure.
How hard will it be for these Russian hackers to game the phones? For that matter, how hard will it be for the makers of the phones to hack the phones? We could be looking at elections being stolen by Apple...
For that matter, how do you avoid having phones stolen so the votes can be stolen?
America already makes voting far too easy; there is little effort necessary. It's important that voters be serious about their franchise, and registering to vote the same day or having people pick up your ballots means your vote is not serious. In fact, it could easily be bought, which is the whole point. Phone voting would make the electoral process meaningless.
The Democrats should learn to win elections on the merits of what they want to do, not by tricking the foolish and promoting ways to cheat.
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It's always the liberals/leftists who want to make voting "easier." Why? It isn't as if it's difficult now! The only thing that's difficult for me is actually signing the book, because I have tremors and producing legible writing is a chore. But I don't have to do anything like producing a photo ID, though I could easily haul out my driver's license. And the picture looks like me, because we have to renew our licenses every few years.
If anything, voting is too easy in this country. There's my two cents. Use a smartphone? No freakin' way!
If anything, voting is too easy in this country. There's my two cents. Use a smartphone? No freakin' way!
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at June 04, 2019 12:00 PM (rIYC+)
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I agree; it IS too easy to vote in this country. It allows everyone to vote - which is NOT a good thing because many people don't know the issues, the people involved, the overall implications of what they are voting for. Voting should require a certain amount of effort, to weed out those who simply show up and pull the lever for the person they were told. Voting is supposed to be about thinking. If you don't have clear thoughts on the subject you shouldn't vote.
We are not a democracy and never were intended to be such.
BTW - I frequently skip sections on the ballot when I don't know the candidates or certain issues. Judge retention, for instance, is often full of names I don't recognize so I just pass them by. That is how you should vote; not play eenie, meenie, mienie, moe.
We are not a democracy and never were intended to be such.
BTW - I frequently skip sections on the ballot when I don't know the candidates or certain issues. Judge retention, for instance, is often full of names I don't recognize so I just pass them by. That is how you should vote; not play eenie, meenie, mienie, moe.
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