[LINK] Take the infrastructure back [Was: Friday funny a little early]

[Lea de Groot]

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:57:35 +1000, Adam Todd wrote:
> (Except me, I didn't cast a vote in the last Fed Election, there 
> wasn't anyone I could vote for with the confidence of being 
> represented and my vote should I have cast it would have made no 
> difference.)

Well, really, you should have attended the polling booth anyway and 
voted informally.
Not marked the ballot in any way that could have been interpreted as a 
vote and written on it what you thought of the candidates.

Everyone (well, perhaps not everyone here ;)) thinks an e-voting system 
will sing and dance, but it will lose an important facet of the current 
paper system - Human scrutineers.
These people not only check that the vote is being counted correctly 
but also view the physical ballots, and will see a trend such as 'No 
Dams', etc and will report back to their party (because the majority 
are from a party) on what The Peepul want.

See, there is a point to voting informally.
Although I can almost always find someone I want to vote against :)

Lea
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