Thursday, September 4, 2008

# 4 Is America ready to use computers for voting?!


By using the computer to vote for candidates can be a positive and negative consequence. The problem of voting by computers are the system can break down, which the votes were save to back up system. Someone or individual can hack the system and change the number of ballots to make the fake winner win. The good thing about voting on the computer is that is easier, just with one click a vote was made, and faster, I guess no one had to wait in line instead just vote in the comfort of their home. Personally, I prefer using the paper ballots because it can be recounted anytime. The only thing that will be good is that whole nation has the same voting paper procedure because many people don’t understand the instruction given and the mistake happens. When I hear the computer voting system, trouble comes to my mind, if hacker goes on anyone’s computer. Imagine a crazy obsesses person wanting to change the verdict of the winner to the loser becoming the president. If the whole school has a chance to vote for an officer on the cell phones it can be a problem. Anyone can vote the officer they want, but the problem will be voting more then once and asking other friends outside of school to vote for whoever is running.

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