electronic voting

People are concerned with the Diebold voting machines because they are extremely easy to break into and alter/replace the memory cards that are used to count votes. The process of hacking the machines can be untraceable, which can lead to huge problems in accurate voting even if it wasn't intended. Additionally, the Diebold corporation is known for being extremely Republican, which makes people speculate whether or not they are in favor of tampering with the machines to get more votes for the Republican party.

If I were in charge of counting votes in California, I honestly wouldn't know where to start. I think that the whole issue with voting and tampering with votes could be fixed by going back to the basic deal of counting votes by hands. But since this is the 21st century and the world cant go on without computers, I would probably start off with better voting ballots- simple, easy and succinct ones that wouldn't confuse old people, or people who can't take the time to read instructions on things. I wouldn't use touch screen voting because I think thats shady, and even in the event that no one wanted to mess around with vote counts, it still seems unreliable. I would pick a company that had the least political affiliation with one side as possible for the company that would count the votes, because I think that politics can get far too scary for people to be honest with. I would have people monitor the actual voting places, since my experience with voting places is that its just a bunch of people with some political affiliation monitoring the polls, which doesn't seem fair. Basically, if there's going to be change in the world of electronic voting, I think that the people regulating the voting shouldn't be allowed to be too connected with any one political side.