Voting online

iblis · Post by **iblis** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:30 pm

Now, most people on this board, as well as anyone with a moderate grasp of the internet, are familiar with the concept of making one's wishes known via the internet. From food to clothing, we can pretty much get what we want, when we want, without putting on clothing or getting off our asses to do more than simply answering our doors.

And again, most people are used to the fact that the internet never has been the most secure thing in the world. Anyone with malicious intent, from the mysterious uber-hacker living on Jolt and little else, to the nine-year old in mom's basement who has just h4x0r3d j00, someone out there can seriously render your internet experience FUBAR to the nth degree.

Now, considering all of this, do you think that it's a wise thing to allow people to vote for the next Commander in Chief, via the internet? Currently, it's possible to alter the Diebold E-Voting using a 5-line Visual Basic script.

5 lines.

That's a hell of a lot less effort than it took to type out this post.

I don't know if it's just me, but finding out that my vote didn't count for anything because someone decided to do a bit of slick engineering on my county's voting server seems a lot more serious than seeing that some pre-teen in New Mexico hacked my pizza.

junkie christ · Post by **junkie christ** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:20 pm

im trying to get this man of few words effect lately so ill say this:
allowing voting online is finishing the distance to lay on our backs and let whoever buys it off the most fuck us up the ass and ru(i)n (take your pick with word there) us.

Thrall · Post by **Thrall** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:42 pm

Forget the hacking and rigging, how can you expect people to cast on line ballots if they cant even poke a stick through a hole properly. or in the case of the latest florida voting problem color in an arrow pointing to a name.

div · Post by **div** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 12:20 pm

"I thought it was another pop-up window I was closing! I didn't MEAN to vote for Bush!"

Codeine Coma · Post by **Codeine Coma** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 6:06 am

Honestly, I was amazed when I found out you could not vote online. We sell our souls via Credit card online....why not be able to vote? But, This is comming from someone who never leaves the house due to aggorphobia. I say, let us vote online. What damage can a hacker do that the Bush family didn't last election day in Florida?

X · Post by X » Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:15 am

i just....smell a florida fuck up all over this one.

karmakaze · Post by **karmakaze** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:23 pm

just not in florida

QueenOfTheFlock · Post by **QueenOfTheFlock** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:00 pm

I don't like it because I've seen too many little girls cheat their favorite band to a #1 spot on shows like TRL. If they can figure out ways to cheat vote for music, imagine the hell we'd have if someone did it with the president.

karmakaze · Post by **karmakaze** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:36 am

QueenOfTheFlock wrote:I don't like it because I've seen too many little girls cheat their favorite band to a #1 spot on shows like TRL. If they can figure out ways to cheat vote for music, imagine the hell we'd have if someone did it with the president.

yes but little girls don't vote

QueenOfTheFlock · Post by **QueenOfTheFlock** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:14 am

karmakaze wrote:
QueenOfTheFlock wrote:I don't like it because I've seen too many little girls cheat their favorite band to a #1 spot on shows like TRL. If they can figure out ways to cheat vote for music, imagine the hell we'd have if someone did it with the president.

yes but little girls don't vote

Heh...smartass. :lol:

I *meant* that if they can do it with that, what's stopping your average crazy adult from doing it with the presidential election?

I was tired...

karmakaze · Post by **karmakaze** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:50 am

QueenOfTheFlock wrote:
karmakaze wrote:
QueenOfTheFlock wrote:I don't like it because I've seen too many little girls cheat their favorite band to a #1 spot on shows like TRL. If they can figure out ways to cheat vote for music, imagine the hell we'd have if someone did it with the president.

yes but little girls don't vote

Heh...smartass. I *meant* that if they can do it with that, what's stopping your average crazy adult from doing it with the presidential election?

I was tired...

*referal to my previous post.

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