Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election

For the first time ever, Oahu residents had to use their phones or computers to vote with some surprising results. 7,300 people voted this year, compared to 44,000 people the previous year, a drop of about 83 percent. "It is disappointing, compared to two years ago. This is the first time there is no paper ballot to speak of. So again, this is a huge change and I know that, and given the budget, this is a best that we could do," said Joan Manke of the city Neighborhood Commission. She added that voters obviously did not know about or did not embrace the changes.

Re:Why bother when you know its hacked?

[geekboy642]

ACORN is a red herring. The people out gathering voter registrations are payed per name. Federal regulations require ACORN to submit every single name they gather; they are not allowed to strike obvious forgeries before handing them to the government. It is the government's responsibility--because they've demanded the sole power--to strike invalid voters from the rolls. Moreover, you have to prove your identity when you vote. If there's a problem with people showing up with forged ID to prove they're someone who died 2 years ago, the fail is obvious. Voter registration drives hurt nobody. Voter disenfranchisement and lawsuits over hanging chads hurt everybody.

Re:No faith

[getuid()]

(I'm the one vote you -1 flamebait -- sorry, was an accident, slipped on the mouse. Hope me posting in this thread will erase the vote...)

I live on Oahu

[pwnies]

And this is the first I've heard of this election. I had no idea this was happening. My guess is that too few people knew about the election in the first place, and that it was just a failure to advertise it properly.

Re:Age demographics?

[jonbryce]

The experience of postal voting in England says it can be gamed.

You get party officials going round retirement homes to "help" people complete their ballots.
You have 15 people living in a 1 bed apartment all registering to vote.