Switzerland: Old-fashioned direct democracy

[kster]

http://proliberty.com/observer/20031109.htm

Snip.....Though I was born and raised in Germany, I have been a voting Swiss citizen for 23 years. Seeing how the American voting process has become so unaccountable with electronic balloting, I wondered how the Swiss voting process works behind the scenes. What I found was a simple system that many will judge as old-fashioned and far behind our hightech-electronic times


snip...When this is done, policemen bring the results and all the voting papers to the central office of the town where the results of the town's polling stations are combined.



snip....As the cost of implementation is not even mentioned, I suppose that there is no tangible advantage in electronic voting.

snip...On the other hand the risks definately point to a loss of democracy. Maybe, in some systems such as voting, it is better to be old-fashioned.

http://proliberty.com/observer/20031109.htm

[Mind_your_head]

1. Wise and true words

"As the cost of implementation is not even mentioned, I suppose that there is no tangible advantage in electronic voting."

snip...

"On the other hand the risks definately point to a loss of democracy. Maybe, in some systems such as voting, it is better to be old-fashioned."

It may not be 'cool', but it old-fashioned paper/pencil voting is 'better'. Perhaps the 'cool' (technologically "advanced"????)people should stop voting/acting against their own best interests and just support something that has been 'time-proven' and works!!!!

Technology, like all things, can be used for good or for bad. Until we're sure can PROVE that voting technology is being used for the good/true for people....let's go back to something simpler....at least we KNOW where the pitfalls/corruption can happen. At least with the 'old' system, ballot corruption can't occur on such a mammonth scale!

[Heidi]

2. Kick.

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[freedomfries]

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