For old times' sake UK.gov ditches 'Big Brother'-style e-voting

[kster]

What a shambles, say Tories

By Tim Richardson
Published Tuesday 6th September 2005 15:38 GMT

The Government has ditched plans for electronic voting at next year's local elections, it emerged today.

The news was slipped out in a written answer during the summer recess prompting the Tories to describe plans for "widespread electronic voting and an 'e-enabled general election' by next year" as "a shambles".

Rounding on the Government Oliver Heald MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, described the Government's e-voting plans as "reckless" and "insecure".

"Past e-voting pilots in local elections have proved expensive and not delivered any significant increase in turnout," said Heald.

"The Government must retain the tried and trusted ballot box as the foundation of British democracy.


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/06/govt_voting/

[depakid]

1. According to my friends in the UK

The ballots get counted (by hand) pretty quickly. Election results are usually known in the same period of time- and often sooner- than they are in the US.

As far as I can tell, there's really no reason- from a practical standpoint- to have spent billions of dollars on electronic voting at all.

Just more corruption out of Washington (man, did the Dems drop the ball on that with HAVA. How the "leadership" didn't see that one coming is beyond me).

[kster]

3. Both Dem's and Repugs have been

taken out by these machines. They all just figure Silence about these election theft machines is best. America has a bunch of DUMB ASS POLITICIANS, to say the very least.

[nicknameless]

2. They referred to it as 'Big Brother'-style e-voting,

but still considered using it? And haven't taken it off the table?

Excerpt:

"We are not ruling out piloting e-voting in the future and any future plans will be taken forward at the appropriate time."

With the US providing such a disastrous example of what can happen with e-voting, why hasn't the idea been permanently scratched?

Sheesh. ... K&R

[kster]

4. They want to see if

the American government can really convince the people to vote,with no way to recount or verify an election, I guess they figure if the American government can pull it off they can to some day?

[nicknameless]

5. Very creepy, and probably very true.

:(