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Description:Whether responding to a CNN.com survey or voting for the NFL All-Proteam, computer users are becoming more and more comfortable withInternet polls. Computer use in the United States continues togrow more than half of all American households now have a personalcomputer. The next question, then, becomes obvious. Should Americans beable to use the Internet in the most important polls of all?Some advocates of Internet voting argue that Americans are well suitedto casting their ballots online in political elections. They are eagerto make use of new technology, and they have relatively broad access tothe Internet. Voting would become easier for people stuck at home, atthe office, or on the road. Internet voting might encourage greaterpolitical participation among young adults, a group that stays away fromthe polling place in droves. It would hold special appeal for militarypersonnel overseas, whose ability to vote is a growing concern. Thereare serious concerns, however, regarding computer security and voterfraud, unequal Internet access across socioeconomic lines (the digital divide ), and the civic consequences of moving electionsaway from schools and other polling places and into private homes andoffices. After all, showing up to vote is the most public civic activitymany Americans engage in, and it is often their only overt participationin the democratic process.In Point, Click, and Vote, voting experts Michael Alvarez and Thad Hallmake a strong case for greater experimentation with Internet voting. Intheir words, There is no way to know whether any argument regardingInternet voting is accurate unless real Internet voting systems aretested, and they should be tested in small-scale, scientific trials sothat their successes and failures can be evaluated. In other words,you never know until you try, and it s time to try harder.The authors offer a realistic plan for putting pilot remote Internetvoting programs into effect nationwide. Such programs would allow U.S.voters in selected areas to cast their ballots over any Internetconnection; they would not even need to leave home. If these pilotprograms are successful, the next step is to consider how they might beimplemented on a larger scale in future elections.Author Information:Thad Hall is a program officer at the Century Foundation. R. Michael Alvarez is a professor of political science at theCalifornia Institute of Technology and co-director of the Caltech/MITVoting Technology Project. He is a nationally recognized expert onvoting behavior and elections.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Point, Click, and Vote: The Future of Internet Voting. To get started finding Point, Click, and Vote: The Future of Internet Voting, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Whether responding to a CNN.com survey or voting for the NFL All-Proteam, computer users are becoming more and more comfortable withInternet polls. Computer use in the United States continues togrow more than half of all American households now have a personalcomputer. The next question, then, becomes obvious. Should Americans beable to use the Internet in the most important polls of all?Some advocates of Internet voting argue that Americans are well suitedto casting their ballots online in political elections. They are eagerto make use of new technology, and they have relatively broad access tothe Internet. Voting would become easier for people stuck at home, atthe office, or on the road. Internet voting might encourage greaterpolitical participation among young adults, a group that stays away fromthe polling place in droves. It would hold special appeal for militarypersonnel overseas, whose ability to vote is a growing concern. Thereare serious concerns, however, regarding computer security and voterfraud, unequal Internet access across socioeconomic lines (the digital divide ), and the civic consequences of moving electionsaway from schools and other polling places and into private homes andoffices. After all, showing up to vote is the most public civic activitymany Americans engage in, and it is often their only overt participationin the democratic process.In Point, Click, and Vote, voting experts Michael Alvarez and Thad Hallmake a strong case for greater experimentation with Internet voting. Intheir words, There is no way to know whether any argument regardingInternet voting is accurate unless real Internet voting systems aretested, and they should be tested in small-scale, scientific trials sothat their successes and failures can be evaluated. In other words,you never know until you try, and it s time to try harder.The authors offer a realistic plan for putting pilot remote Internetvoting programs into effect nationwide. Such programs would allow U.S.voters in selected areas to cast their ballots over any Internetconnection; they would not even need to leave home. If these pilotprograms are successful, the next step is to consider how they might beimplemented on a larger scale in future elections.Author Information:Thad Hall is a program officer at the Century Foundation. R. Michael Alvarez is a professor of political science at theCalifornia Institute of Technology and co-director of the Caltech/MITVoting Technology Project. He is a nationally recognized expert onvoting behavior and elections.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Point, Click, and Vote: The Future of Internet Voting. To get started finding Point, Click, and Vote: The Future of Internet Voting, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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