The Trump Presidency

[Doc Holliday]

(I dont think anyone here voted Trump)

TNL in a nutshell.

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[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I can get behind the theoretical idea of having an internet based voting solution.

But to put it into practice with today's technology would be a logistical nightmare.

Our system isn't perfect, but you can't convince me that if people really wanted to vote- they could make it happen. We know months in advance when and where it happens, so travel arrangements and work day arrangements can be made. Mailing in a vote is an option. If certain areas of the country are trying to impede certain people's right to vote then that is most certainly something we as a country need to address.
But all that changing the way we vote will do is make them come up with another way to discourage voting, it won't make them stop.

[Drewbacca]

Tapping a candidate on your app would see higher voter turnout than physical voting booths. Though you’d have to offer both (funnily enough for accessibility, to satsukis point).

[Space Pirate Roberts]

We are 1 state and have been since 1865.

FTFY. If the states don't have the right to say "well it's been real, but this union isn't working out for us anymore, peace", how can they claim to be sovereign?

[Satsuki]

Tapping a candidate on your app would see higher voter turnout than physical voting booths. Though you’d have to offer both (funnily enough for accessibility, to satsukis point).

It absolutely would and we have evidence from countries that implement it. But yeah, we'd have to offer both for the time being.

[Satsuki]

Tapping a candidate on your app would see higher voter turnout than physical voting booths. Though you’d have to offer both (funnily enough for accessibility, to satsukis point).

It absolutely would and we have evidence from countries that implement it. But yeah, we'd have to offer both for the time being.

[Frogacuda]

I can get behind the theoretical idea of having an internet based voting solution.

But to put it into practice with today's technology would be a logistical nightmare.

Our system isn't perfect, but you can't convince me that if people really wanted to vote- they could make it happen. We know months in advance when and where it happens, so travel arrangements and work day arrangements can be made. Mailing in a vote is an option. If certain areas of the country are trying to impede certain people's right to vote then that is most certainly something we as a country need to address.
But all that changing the way we vote will do is make them come up with another way to discourage voting, it won't make them stop.

I wonder if this is an application where Blockchain could be actually useful for once.

[Josh]

“For once”

[Drewbacca]

It absolutely would and we have evidence from countries that implement it. But yeah, we'd have to offer both for the time being.

I do mostly accessibility training and user research training these days. You’ll always have a need for voting booths for the economically disenfranchised and digitally impaired. But that’s okay — people can mostly vote online. The goal is broader participation after all.

[Satsuki]

Right. I'm all for it, and it's gonna happen, so we may as well plan for it. I ended up using this discussion about online voting for an assignment I did yesterday, and theres some interesting data from Estonia about I-voting, since 30% of their population votes online. https://e-estonia.com/solutions/e-governance/i-voting/
They actually have a far more advanced e-government system than we do, it's awesome. There's toonnnnssss of scholarly articles that deconstruct the I-voting process that occurred in that country, including a mess of stuff about transparency concerns. The blockchain/I-voting thing has been addressed too! https://www.economist.com/sites/defa...s/plymouth.pdf

I'm pretty jazzed that there's a lot of research being done, I hope it leads to a more accessible system for everyone.