When are we going to get round to using technology in elections?

Barcode on your polling card.
Scan it in the booth, touch screen to register your vote, job done.

Instant results, oooh could even show you running total as you go in and on the news and that.

Imagine being sat at home at 9:30 thinking "bollocks, so and so are winning, I better get out and use my vote then".

(would probably have to wait a while to start showing the total though. You know, first person votes and a f**k off big Plasma shows Labour 1 Tory 0 Lib Dem 0 etc etc kind destroys the whole secret ballot thing).

Posted By: megson on May 6th 2010 at 09:03:43

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When are we going to get round to using technology in elections? (General Chat) - megson, May 6, 09:03:43
- We do that (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 6, 10:36:50
- our country has a good record with national computer systems (General Chat) - Tombs, May 6, 09:27:04
  - ha ha that's true. I'd have voted for any party that had demonstrated clear plans to refor (General Chat) - megson, May 6, 09:32:30
- good idea (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 6, 09:09:00
  - And paper ballots are physical objects that can easily be (re)counted (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 09:17:22
    - Yes yes OK. Bad idea. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, May 6, 09:24:48
      - No not a bad idea (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 6, 09:26:55
        
        they use iris scanning at airports, could use that (General Chat) - Tombs, May 6, 09:40:18
        
        People with no eyes have to know someone called Iris if they want to vote. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, May 6, 09:51:10
  - Yes, true, fair point. I'm inpatient. I've voted, I now want to know who's winning. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, May 6, 09:11:27
- because a Zebra might walk past the scanner and fuck everything up. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, May 6, 09:05:44
  - can you imagine the problems in Newcastle then! (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 6, 09:10:29
  - lollers (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, May 6, 09:08:12
  - so it can't be done. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, May 6, 09:06:03

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