September 27, 2004
Swiss Success, U.S. Duress
This November 29% of America’s registered voters will use electronic touch-screen machines to cast their vote, up dramatically from 12% in 2000.
The U.S. is headed towards the virtual ballot box, but not many folks like the idea of their vote being part of an experiment to get there.
While U.S. E-voting paranoia (and rightly so in some locations) is starting to surge faster than a swift boat in Cambodia taking on enemy fire, did you know that on Sunday Switzerland conducted the world’s first nationwide vote to take place over the internet. It was a success according to Swiss authorities.
Does this make you want to move to Switzerland forever? Sorry, yesterday’s online vote was actually a referendum in which Swiss people voted against making it easier for immigrants to become Swiss citizens.
Posted by Buzz Webster at September 27, 2004 05:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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