Category Archives: Online Internet Voting Blog Posts

Advocating for true American Democracy through online internet voting is an ongoing challenge.

E-File, but no E-Vote?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Rob Weber

Happy Tax day, everyone. If you are one of millions who now E-File (Electronically file) your tax returns, I ask you to pause for a moment and think about what you have just done. You transmitted all of your financial, … Continue reading →

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Realizing the Dream of Access with Online Voting

Posted on August 28, 2013 by rweberny

Civil rights walk hand in hand with voting rights. They always have. When it comes to voting rights in the United States in the 21st century, paper ballots and voter I.D. laws do certainly represent movement. Unfortunately the movement is … Continue reading →

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Voting Access in the U.S. – “We can fix this”

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Rob Weber

President Obama clearly cares about voting rights and voter access. He also seems determined to do something about it. I am quite heartened by this. In the short span of three months, the President has put the issue of long … Continue reading →

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Voting Access – “Our Journey Is Not Complete”

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Rob Weber

On election night in November President Obama referenced the disgusting status quo of long lines on election day. “We have to fix that”, the President said. Today, in his second inaugural address, the President again told the country that he … Continue reading →

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Why are we waiting IN LINE when we could be voting ONLINE?

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Rob Weber

Happy Election Day. Did you vote? If you are a voter in Florida, perhaps you already voted early. In that case perhaps you waited four hours in line to vote. No doubt anybody in that situation would ask the question, … Continue reading →

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Online Voting vs. Paper – Papier est Passe

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Rob W.

(Editorial Note: This post from November 2011 has been this blog’s most popular. Given this year’s attention on the broken election administration system in the U.S., I am reprinting it below without edit) ——————————————————————— I have been meaning to post … Continue reading →

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Polls, Polls, and “Pols”

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Rob Weber

Poll: Place where people go to vote. Poll: Survey of a sample of people, the results of which are usually extrapolated to indicate the opinions or preferences of a larger population. “Pol”: Politician, elected official. What do these homonyms have … Continue reading →

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The Great Suppressor…

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Rob Weber

Oh yes, I’m the great suppressor. Who am I? I am the polling place. There is certainly a lot of talk these days about attempts to suppress the vote. Draconian photo ID laws, measures akin to poll taxes, restrictions to … Continue reading →

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How We Vote & How We Vote

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Rob Weber

Defining “how we vote”: 1) Which candidate we vote for in an election. 2) The type of technology we use to cast our vote. In an election year, all the attention in the world gets paid to “how we vote”. … Continue reading →

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Online Voting and ways it can get money out of US Politics

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Rob Weber

  In an earlier post, “Follow The Money”, I discuss the hold the television attack ad has on our political system, and why I feel online voting can help change that through greater participation in the process by younger, working … Continue reading →

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