Tuesday, May 10, 2005
"Organization..." - Scheiber & "Keeping..." - Jones & "Digital..." - Mother Jones
How does Internet technology affect the political activity?
Even just a lemonade stand can effect the outcome of an election, imagine what a high-technology like internet can do in today' society. Also the information technology can predict the likelihood of voting results. Now we have a wave community? wow... what's next?Well... In the 2nd article, it talks about elections and how the security of the ballots is being question whether or not it's safe to use electronic voting. It, then, talks further about the antivirus software, which supposedly will help reduce the chance of fraud. However, this software detects files that can be read, but will this interfere in some ways with the ballots? It's true what Dan Wallach said about the purpose of election is to ease the loser's mind that nothing the process is executed legitimately because they tend to demand a recount, which is perfectly understandable because high-technology is pushing the limits of human capability. Solid paper trail is definitely more assuring.
Wow... I think the 3rd article is kind of shocking--I can't beleive a high-school student is able to forge a card, which is used to identify voters. This person has intermediate internet skills; can you imagine what experts could do to electronic voting? The outcome of the next election is definitely unpredictable because anyone with enough knowledge about internet can tamper with the voting results. The government must do something to raise the security bar of voting process. If citizens can't trust this electronic voting system 100%, we should definitely question the government's ability of upholding the laws and protecting our individual rights.
Even just a lemonade stand can effect the outcome of an election, imagine what a high-technology like internet can do in today' society. Also the information technology can predict the likelihood of voting results. Now we have a wave community? wow... what's next?Well... In the 2nd article, it talks about elections and how the security of the ballots is being question whether or not it's safe to use electronic voting. It, then, talks further about the antivirus software, which supposedly will help reduce the chance of fraud. However, this software detects files that can be read, but will this interfere in some ways with the ballots? It's true what Dan Wallach said about the purpose of election is to ease the loser's mind that nothing the process is executed legitimately because they tend to demand a recount, which is perfectly understandable because high-technology is pushing the limits of human capability. Solid paper trail is definitely more assuring.
Wow... I think the 3rd article is kind of shocking--I can't beleive a high-school student is able to forge a card, which is used to identify voters. This person has intermediate internet skills; can you imagine what experts could do to electronic voting? The outcome of the next election is definitely unpredictable because anyone with enough knowledge about internet can tamper with the voting results. The government must do something to raise the security bar of voting process. If citizens can't trust this electronic voting system 100%, we should definitely question the government's ability of upholding the laws and protecting our individual rights.
# posted by Josephina B. @ 9:04 PM 
