[LINK] Blind voter demands secret vote

[Richard Chirgwin]

Chris Maltby wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 06:30:54AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>   
>> Now, think about teaching dear Aunt Maud what you have just proposed. 
>> You've just dumped a whole lot more work on the polling place staff.
>>     
>
> I wasn't advocating it - just outlining an interface that might make
> use of a "smart" device to assist people exercise a complex choice
> more meaningfully.
>
> An easier way to solve the problem would be to adopt NZ/German style
> MMP voting for a single chamber and dump the Senate and all its
> representational shortcomings entirely. My own choice would be to
> combine MMP with a preferential voting system.
>   
Isn't it putting the cart and the horse in the wrong order, to propose a 
revised electoral system so that it enables us to use electronics?

RC
> The essence is that an easy automated voting system implies a more
> understandable, and therefor easier, manual system.
>
> Chris
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