Could E-Voting Cure Voter Apathy?

Bendebecker notes that The Register is saying that "A major trial is about to kick off in the UK that could help decide whether e-voting is merely a gimmick or whether it can genuinely help cure voter apathy." Voter Apathy or Flash Poll Elections? What is the lesser of 2 evils?

lesser of 3 evils, you mean

[I'm A Librarian]

• Voter Apathy
  
• Flash Poll Elections
  
• CowboyNeal
  

Free brownies

[Anonymous Coward]

For the first hacker to stuff a million votes into the e-voting box.

Yes.

[pete-classic]

The same way that fast food drive through windows have cured hunger.

-Peter

Too easy!

[FortKnox]

Could E-Voting Cure Voter Apathy?

Eh... maybe?

By the looks of things...

[Kedanoth]

if they make an American Idol: President Edition, they might get more people to vote...
...unless the candidate tries to sing "Endless Love". He's not getting jack from me.

Richard Nixon's Head

[ketamineX]

Morbo: "Morbo will now introduce tonights candidates. Puny human
number one, puny human number two and Morbo's good friend
Richard Nixon."
Nixon: "Hello Morbo. How's the family?"
Morbo: "Belligerent and numerous."
Nixon: "Good man, Nixon's pro-war and pro-family."

Morbo: "Morbo demands an answer to the following question. If you saw
a delicious candy in the hands of a small child. Would you
seize and consume it?"
John Jackson: "Unthinkable."
Jack Johnson: "I wouldn't think of it."
Morbo: "What about you Mr. Nixon? I remind you. You are under of a
truth-o-scope."
Nixon: "Question is vague. You don't say what kind of candy and
whether anyone is watching. In anyway I certainly wouldn't
harm the child."

Human female: "The sheer drama of this election has driven voter turnout to
it's highest level in centuries, six percent."
Morbo: "Exit poll show evil underdog Richard Nixon trailing with
estimated zero votes."
Human female: "The time is 7:59 and the robot polls are now opening. And
robot votes are now in. Nixon has won."
Morbo: "Morbo congratulates our gargantuan cyborg president. May death
come quickly to his enemies."

Cowboyneal

[thenextpresident]

Do we get a Cowboyneal option?

Re:WRONG

[tomhudson]

Nah, this is a good thing. After all, all of us geeks will be able to hack into the system and "vote early, vote often". Finally, a way to beat the system.

Speaking of Bill Hicks...

[Tyler Durden]

"You want to know what politics in America is today? Here's politics in America...

Voter1: 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.'

Voter2: 'I think the puppet on the right more upholds my views.'

Voter3: 'Hey, wait a minute! There's one guy controlling both puppets!'

Gov't: 'Quiet America, everything is taken care of. Here, keep watching beer commercials so you can continue to get fat and stupid.' "
-Hicks

Good God, that man was ahead of his time.

Linus Torvalds elected President in 2010

[192939495969798999]

By a landslide write-in upset of 97 trillion votes. Electronic fraud is suspected in the election, results of the investigation are pending...

Why the hell would I want to cure voter apathy?

[E1v!$]

My vote has more weight the way things are now!

Re:Voting for idiots or idiots voting?

[Hormonal]

Great, our next president is going to be named Miller, because a bunch of voters just don't like Busch.

uh oh

[mikeee]

And the new Prime Minister of Britian is...

Cowboy Neal!

Yes!

[blackmail]

Imagine all the millions and millions of dead people who would vote if they could do so electronically!

Will it cure apathy????

[Kaz Riprock]

Eh...who cares.

voter apathy

[VanillaCoke420]

How to cure voter apathy, I present two alternatives:

1. Intelligent, well spoken candidates, or
2. Beauty contest with topless beautiful candidates

Spam

[ehiris]

Imagine all the Spam this would generate. All the politicians would jump into your mailbox with messages like vote for me and get 3 extra inches overnight.

... And that's territorial inches you pervert.