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Downloading Voters?The Current Debate Over Internet Voting |
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"The right of citizens of the United States
to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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| With the recent proliferation of information technology and the Internet into political society, many governments have begun debating whether or not the Internet could be used for online voting in elections. The disarray that followed the 2000 U.S. presidential election created an increased push for the initiation of online voting, to prevent unnecessary vote recounts, voter registration problems, and the accusations of immense vote fraud from occurring again. As well, the voter turnout in the 2000 election hovered at a level of just over 50 percent, leaving almost half the voting age population without having cast a ballot for their new president. The issue of online voting is an extremely controversial problem, with two strong opposing viewpoints, both effectively using the Internet medium itself, as a way of having its convictions heard. The introduction section will examine these ideas further. | ||
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by Jeffrey Voon
University of British Columbia Political Science 328A: The Internet and Politics Final Paper Assignment Alexandra Samuel Last updated on: 1 April 2002 |