Why the article is helpful
- Questions the widespread perception that Internet voting is safe and reliable
- Currently, Internet voting is used in several countries and some in the United States
- Encourages for the development of Internet voting standards, regulations, and further research to be introduced
With the increased pressure for internet voting, the author examined its threats in hopes to encourage further opposition against Internet voting until accuracy and security threats are eliminated. Properly designed and engineered computerized voting systems can facilitate voting and increase reliability to our voting systems if done correctly. The author argued that because election officials were quick to accept Internet voting, there was little to no consultation or scientific research to address important questions.
Additional details
Questions that are asked:
- How secure, accurate, and reliable are these machines?
- How easy are they to use, especially by people with disabilities?
- How could an election audit or recount be conducted?
Links to article
Simons, B. (2012). Internet Voting: An Idea Whose Time has Not Come. In Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference on Systems, Programming and Applications: Software for Humanity, (pp.1-2). doi: 10.1145/2384716.2384718