On: New Jersey To Allow Voting By Email

[mdonahoe]

Hopefully it has good security.

Any chance this will become the norm for all states?

[activepeanut → mdonahoe]

I'd love to be able to vote thru the internet, with a state-issued certificate to authenticate me. It'll be a while before society's tech savvy enough for this tho so I won't hold my breath.

[0x0 → activepeanut]

That sounds like fun, until the old man in the house makes everyone sit down in front of the computer and submit their votes for the "correct" party...

[mjn → 0x0]

Isn't that already a concern with voting by mail?

[tomjen3 → activepeanut]

I would never trust the reaults of such an election and honestly I can't see how anybody else could either.

[sliverstorm → activepeanut]

Certs would be fantastic; in my view, they could actually improve the system, because ballots would become read-only, and with the right system in place it would be impossible to "lose" them.

[brown9-2 → mdonahoe]

This is a reaction to the storm, so I don't think they have all of the long term concerns thought out.