Posted on 01/21/2008 5:48:25 AM PST by RDTF
MEXICO CITY (AP) - This year, for the first time, expatriate Democrats can cast their ballots on the Internet in a presidential primary for people living outside the United States.
Democrats Abroad, an official branch of the party representing overseas voters, will hold its first global presidential preference primary from Feb. 5 to 12, with ex-pats selecting the candidate of their choice by Internet as well as fax, mail and in-person at polling places in more than 100 countries.
Democrats Abroad is particularly proud of the online voting option - which provides a new alternative to the usual process of voting from overseas, a system made difficult by complicated voter registration paperwork, early deadlines and unreliable foreign mail service.
"The online system is incredibly secure: That was one of our biggest goals," said Lindsey Reynolds, executive director of Democrats Abroad. "And it does allow access to folks who ordinarily wouldn't get to participate."
U.S. citizens wanting to vote online must join Democrats Abroad before Feb. 1 and indicate their preference to vote by Internet instead of in the local primaries wherever they last lived in the United States. They must promise not to vote twice for president, but can still participate in non-presidential local elections.
Members get a personal identification number from Everyone Counts Inc., the San Diego-based company running the online election. They can then use the number to log in and cast their ballots.
Their votes will be represented at the August Democratic National Convention by 22 delegates, who according to party rules get half a vote each for a total of 11. That's more than U.S. territories get, but fewer than the least populous states, Wyoming and Alaska, which get 18 delegate votes each.
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How about overseas dead people?
Sure.
Hill needs the Chicom vote. There aren’t enough dead in the us to stuff the ballot box.
Yup. All them AQ folk abroad that sympathize with the Liberal platform on the surface here, that is, will get to vote too.
PROMISE, THEY WILL NOT VOTE TWICE...HAHAHAHAHHAHHA
Good bye, America.....I hardly knew ye.
Somehow I doubt that it will be held Constitutional to limit overseas voting to people who register with one special interest group of one political party
Something about equal protection .....
Military has been trying to get setup for troops to vote by computer for a long time- no way Jose.
and from article:
Republicans Abroad has operated independently of the Republican Party since 2003, and therefore can’t hold in-person or Internet votes abroad. But it is organizing to get more overseas Republicans registered back home before the primaries, Executive Director Cynthia Dillon said.
Then I dont see why Republicans and military people wouldn’t join Democrats Abroad just to get an ID to vote by computer - for a Republican
That seems the way to do it, have them register in a state and go from there. Online voting is just way too flaky and insecure. The problem isn’t the security during transmission; the problem is the storage of this sort of data.
“”The online system is incredibly secure...”
Sure.”
I’m sure it is secure. All the votes they want are sure to be counted. Sometimes they’ll even count them twice just to be sure.
electronic chads for sure
All are welcome!
As long as they obey the rules.
That seems unusual. Why isn't this being done the same way that overseas presidential voting is done, state-by-state based on the last U.S. residence?
I wonder if they also have to promise to be citizens.
Snort.
They’ll let Jihad Joe vote from Iran, but not Democrats from Michigan.
“MEXICO CITY (AP)”
the home of the old ex-pat American Communists.
is this possibly a model Hillery would pursue for the nation if president? - any fingerprints??
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