Online Voting? Iowa Demonstrates Its Folly. [View all]
A lot of people seem to think we need to update our methods of voting to change it to some sort of eVoting thing. Well, that has always met with some resistance, and Iowa's disastrous primary performance shows why it's a bad idea all around.
Why not vote on an app on your cell phone? Well, that's how results were supposed to be reported in Iowa. It didn't work. Case closed.
Instead, we need to return to the paper ballot, hand counted by individuals and double checked by other individuals. That works. It produces a numerical result that can be delivered to some central place by telephone, courier, or any other method that suits. If there are questions about the results, those paper ballots can be counted again, as many times as are needed to ensure accuracy.
We need less technology in our elections, not more. We need people to look at and tally paper ballots, with observers watching them. That's how we get fair results and accurate reporting.
Data streams can be interrupted. False data can be sent. Paper ballots, looked at and counted by individuals, with others looking over their shoulders, is the only way to prevent voter fraud and accurate vote counts. Paper ballots are the only thing that can be recounted, too, if the need should arise.
Less technology. Not more.
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