RE: "Securing America’s Election Act" Has Gotten Little To No Media Attention
August 2, 2018 at 3:06 am
The video I linked to by Nottingham University explains why electronic voting is a really bad Ida but let's put aside all of that and consider the cots of electronic voting compared to paper ballots.
1. You need to pay people to develop the software the voting machines will use.
2. You need people to maintain the software.
3. You will need to pay somebody to design the voting machines themselves (the psychical machines).
4. You need to build and maintain a factory to construct the voting machines.
5. You need to find a place to store the voting machines when they are not being used.
6. You need to pay for transporting voting machines from the secure location that they are being stored at to the places people are going to vote. Voting machines are far heavier than paper ballots after all.
7. You need to pay for people to come and fix broken or faulty voting machines.
8. You need to pay the electricity bills for the voting machines.
9. When old voting machines need to be replaced you need to pay somebody to dispose of the electronic waste as computers contain many hazardous elements within them.
10. You need to pay cyber security experts to ensure the integrity of the elections. Where I live, election results are countered by volunteers and you don't need somebody with a university degree to ensure electoral integrity.
11. You may even need to pay people to audit the results.
I cannot belive you think voting electronically is cheaper. I will not accept it. Fraud happens when elections aren't free and fair and in the UK we get by with paper ballots juat fine, and have done for as long as anyone can remember. Voting machines are a really bad idea. They are not to be trusted.
1. You need to pay people to develop the software the voting machines will use.
2. You need people to maintain the software.
3. You will need to pay somebody to design the voting machines themselves (the psychical machines).
4. You need to build and maintain a factory to construct the voting machines.
5. You need to find a place to store the voting machines when they are not being used.
6. You need to pay for transporting voting machines from the secure location that they are being stored at to the places people are going to vote. Voting machines are far heavier than paper ballots after all.
7. You need to pay for people to come and fix broken or faulty voting machines.
8. You need to pay the electricity bills for the voting machines.
9. When old voting machines need to be replaced you need to pay somebody to dispose of the electronic waste as computers contain many hazardous elements within them.
10. You need to pay cyber security experts to ensure the integrity of the elections. Where I live, election results are countered by volunteers and you don't need somebody with a university degree to ensure electoral integrity.
11. You may even need to pay people to audit the results.
I cannot belive you think voting electronically is cheaper. I will not accept it. Fraud happens when elections aren't free and fair and in the UK we get by with paper ballots juat fine, and have done for as long as anyone can remember. Voting machines are a really bad idea. They are not to be trusted.
