Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Will Democrats become a permanent majority thanks to Internet voting? « FOX Forum « FOXNews.com

May 26, 2009

The election news from Hawaii seems both interesting and unobjectionable: Honolulu has became the first jurisdiction to run an “all digital” election–that is, all the ballots were cast on the Internet, or by telephone. After the voting was finished on Friday, the Associated Press headline painted the Aloha State as e-pioneers: “Honolulu’s Internet vote considered 1st in nation.”

For its part, The Honolulu Advertiser praised the digital balloting, calling it “a worthwhile experiment that can help Hawai’i move toward a more efficient, electronic polling system for all of its political contests...”