Posted on 09/30/2008 5:26:21 PM PDT by SandRat
PHOENIX — Starting Thursday, voters who are registered in Arizona but live overseas will be able to vote online through a unique Web-based system offered by the Secretary of State.
(Excerpt) Read more at svherald.com ...
then submit their ballots electronically using a document scanner. Previously, Arizona elections officials allowed them to vote by faxing their ballots.
“They still can vote by fax, and now they have the option of voting on the Internet,” Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer said Monday.
When I was in, faxes were all over the place. And 'document scanners' had a stripe or two on their sleeves.
Modern day 'document scanners' work well, no doubt, but I'm just wondering about places like the desert.
In the article they talk about the encryption used.....
When you say to me, "On-Line Internet voting" - I'm thinking of a web site I log-on to, same / more encryption in place, and cast my ballot 'on-line'.......
Still, this should be something that every state looks at as a solution to counter the past efforts of the 'Rats to block the military vote.
Hmm...sounds like something I’ve been pushing for for another venture.
Only problem I see is that received documents are subject to being read by elections staff in the state offices as well as in the separate counties. That means they aren’t necessarily secret ballots.
I agree, this is not online Internet voting.
This is a rapid and relatively secure alternative to snail mail. It’s point-to-point and, as such, won’t be lost like snail mail could be.
As I said above, it isn’t necessarily secure on either end, unless there is a wrapper indicating which county it should go to and the actual scanned ballot is not seen by elections workers...
Well, guys, what do you think? Do most places have a way to put an image on the 'net?
Most places would. As long as there’s a stable uplink, sure.
We do have scanners and internet even at some of the "outpost" bases.
What I don't have is my absentee ballot I requested in late August and I'm getting concerned. I'm going to call my county voting office later today when the U.S. is awake. No freakin' disenfranchisement here, please. ;-)
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