By Paul, on September 16th, 2011 I’m finding the history of voting in the U.S. to be a fascinating narrative. The reason I’m delving into it, by the way, is because I’m surprised at how many reputable, thoughtful people and organizations actually want to do away with the ballot. Apparently, many people believe that the lack of accountability and the implied corruption of the process have totally discredited the “art of Electioneering”, as James Madison referred to it. But, in a letter to Caleb Wallace, in 1785, Madison said this:
“…as to the mode of suffrage I lean strongly to that of the ballott, notwithstanding the objections which be against it. It appears to me to be the only radical cure for those arts of Electioneering which poison the very fountain of Liberty. The States in which the Ballott has been the Standing mode are the only instances in which elections are tolerably chaste and those arts in disgrace. If . . . → Read More: Jim Madison Sez….
By Paul, on February 23rd, 2011 There’s this real patient woman who’s managed to read my mind and create this gorgeous new site. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Barbara Snyder.
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By Paul, on November 19th, 2010 Why Vote Word is essential for the recent low-turnout elections. With local elections, the chances of an election being decided by 20 or 30 votes is a lot greater than with state or federal elections. Thus the likelihood is higher that you’ll be calling or emailing your friends to ask them to check if their vote was recorded correctly. Here is how that would work, using the example of a state-wide contest. “So aren’t we trusted to be part of the solution?”
That’s what a friend said to me recently. She was talking about all the ways experts are going to solve the problem of voting accuracy for us. “But we voters don’t have to do anything? We’re not trusted to check our own votes?” Her point was that no matter what the truly qualified experts come up with, we voters should have the ability to check up on those software and hardware engineers. . . . → Read More: Our Story So Far
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Today, we enter a voting booth, press a button and
have faith that our vote got recorded and counted correctly. But there is no way to confirm this.
Someday we'll say, "Do you remember when we couldn't look up our vote on the Web? Do you remember when we didn't get a Vote Word?"
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