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Originally Posted by waste gate
If the ability to hack into that system is the issue then it is upto the local election officials to close that opening. If they cannot, time for them to leave. I'm a bit taken aback that private industry can secure networks and government cannot.
If the political will existed I'm sure it can be done.
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I think that thats a bit of a broad generalization there. More of the ole' free market is god stuff. Granted security is tight in multinational computer bases, I do recall hearing about the DOD getting hacked and I'm pretty sure that national security spends alot on keeping its systems secure. That and companies get hacked all the time. Here I think you're describing the problem as your political position dictates you interpret it when common sense says "who cares if private or government are better at stopping hackers, why the hell are we even making this electronic in the first place?"
Honestly, we can put a man on the moon but why would we? Whats the motiovation? Why is everyone so exited to make voting another after thought of the computer age like paying with your credit card? If you can't fly home to vote in the election or even use a pencil or EVEN pay people to read the ballots individually then why even bother with democracy? Computers are here to make things more convenient. I don't believe that voting should be any more convenient than it already is.