Category Archives: Online Internet Voting Blog Posts

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

Thanks, Dr. Kelleher!

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rob W.

Every grass roots movement has a founder, an individual who believes so much in something that he or she devotes themselves completely to a cause before anybody else even knows that it is a cause. In my opinion, in the … Continue reading →

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“Mozy” The Vote

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Rob W.

The need for anyone using a computer to backup their data, like documents and photos, from their computer to some other place for safekeeping, has been around as long as personal computers have. I remember saving my files to the … Continue reading →

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What’s the question?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Rob W.

What little discussion there is out there regarding online voting is usually premised on answering the wrong questions. This is another similarity between this issue and some other large issues.

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“Reporting” from Waukesha

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Rob W.

Watching the results of the recall elections in Wisconsin last night, I temporarily returned to the accepted state of mind of waiting through the night for the various voting districts to “report” in with their results, and as they did … Continue reading →

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The American People….

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Rob W.

How often in daily political banter do we hear about how “The American People” want this or that. How the American People have spoken. Politicians say that the American People sent them there to do this or that. Politicos cite … Continue reading →

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Low Turnout. Blame The Voter?

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Rob W.

Aside from playing on voters’ natural initial concerns about whether online voting is secure, and doing so in a manner that can only be described as fear-mongering, anti-online voting advocates try to come up with other reasons why online voting … Continue reading →

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Bizarro

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Rob W.

Upside down and inside out. There is so much to be gained from online voting. So many more of us would vote, and that would bring our democracy to new levels. Yet when you read about this issue (what little … Continue reading →

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Imagine a world …

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Rob W.

Sometimes it seems hard to fathom how much the world has changed in the last 20 years. It has changed so much that it is now equally hard to fathom living without so many of the things that are part … Continue reading →

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Others seem to see the Necessity, why not US?

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Rob W.

Sometimes we allow ourselves to get so caught up in arguments over whether something works or not, or is good enough or not, that we forget whether that thing is simply necessary or not. This is more and more the … Continue reading →

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D.C.

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Rob W.

When opponents of online voting want to back up their argument that voting online is “unsafe” and “unreliable”, they invariably point to the “experiment” of online voting in Washington, D.C in 2010. Meanwhile, when I want to back up my … Continue reading →

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