On 13/09/13 1:43 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > On 13/09/2013 12:33 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: >> Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >> <snip> >>> If nobody turned up to polling stations, then that mechanism could be >>> discontinued. >> It would be sad if the polling stations go. Election Days are real local >> community events. There are fetes, people stroll down to their local >> polling booths to vote, buy cakes and jams, hand out how to vote and >> scrutineer. To me this is the best part of the whole election cycle. I even >> saw two of the candidates! > > Which would mean they are likely to be retained. If the punters at a > polling stations were given a choice of a paper vote or an e-vote, then > that would indicate another preference. > > They could also be given a choice of e-vote from home/smartphone or > e-vote from a polling station. >
There's been a long-standing objection to e-voting from home because of the possibility of coercion. Postal voting has the same drawback, and we allow that. The discussion continues. Kerry -- Kerry Webb Canberra, Australia _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
