From: "Glenn Meadows" 

It's only ONE day, one 24 hour period.  _I_ think it could be managed.  I
think the plusses would far outweigh the minuses.


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Glenn M.


"Mike N."  wrote in message
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> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 12:54:06 -0600, "Glenn Meadows"

> wrote:
>
> >2).  The polls close at Midnight on Wednesday (polls open for 24 hours in
> >every state/location).  This will provide everyone the opportunity to fit
> >into their schedule a time to vote.
>
>    It would be hard to get good volunteer help to span 24 hours.    Some
> other countries allow voting over the internet.   The extra convenience
> would throw in an interesting twist - perhaps attracting the interest of
> the 17-34 age range which had no increased participation in this election.
> The overall participation might be higher because of the greater
> convenience.    Those without internet access would continue to go to
> traditional polling places.  Election officials would issue each voter a
> certificate which would ensure 1 person  1 vote.
>
>   The downside of internet-based elections appears to be too great to
> overcome at this point.   Spoofing, Trojans+Viruses, vote buying, network
> DOS are just the start of problems to  overcome. Even the hard core
> researchers have not proposed any internet-based election systems that can
> equal the fairness, auditability, and privacy of the  punch card system.
>

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