Pre-polling well underway

thebadtouch said :

astrojax said :

davo101 said :

switch said :

Give electronic voting a miss, much easier and quicker to do it the old fashioned dead tree way. The computer interface was obviously designed by a committee of public servants who thought computers from the 1970’s were a neat trick and haven’t moved on from then.

I’d give electronic voting a miss simply because it’s almost impossible to build a computer based voting system that is as reliable, transparent and attack resistant as good old pencil on paper.

i still think we should all come together in some public square on polling day and have a show of hands to elect the leader – the non-elected candidates are then summarily executed to raucus cheering before we all pile off to the taverns surrounding the square for pints of mead and discussions of animal husbandry and bawdy [not to mention lusty] signing…

Or singing even!

maybe i’m deaf? 🙂 thanks!

Alderney said :

I for one cannot understand why we can’t vote at the TAB. More bets would be placed on the Melbourne Cup than ballots cast on an election day, and they know the payout less than a minute after the race finishes

Completely different set of risks and system design requirements. The TAB doesn’t really care what the result is so long as they get their cut of the betting pool.

switch said :

Give electronic voting a miss, much easier and quicker to do it the old fashioned dead tree way.

Even I, who has been compared more than once with Charles Dickens, found electronic voting easy.

I for one cannot understand why we can’t vote at the TAB. More bets would be placed on the Melbourne Cup than ballots cast on an election day, and they know the payout less than a minute after the race finishes.

It would put an end to my Saturday night TV being disrupted for one.

MissChief said :

I didn’t bother with the electronic vote simply because I was in a hurry, however, I do wonder about the merits of using pencil on paper when it is so easy to rub out.

In the time it takes you to rub out and change one vote, in a computer based system I’ve changed every vote in the Territory.

astrojax said :

i still think we should all come together in some public square on polling day and have a show of hands to elect the leader – the non-elected candidates are then summarily executed to raucus cheering before we all pile off to the taverns surrounding the square for pints of mead and discussions of animal husbandry and bawdy [not to mention lusty] signing…

I don’t know–it might be considered “un-Australian” to be against the use of the Australian Ballot.

colourful sydney racing identity said :

I prefer to start at the bottom – more joy in deliberately choosing who goes last rather than a process of elimination 🙂

Oh christ, someone else who doesn’t understand how Hare-Clarke works.

The only way to punish someone, is to not put any preference down at all!

By putting a number down, any number, you help them get closer to a quota. That’s how Mick G lasted through so many rounds of counting in Brindabella.

astrojax said :

davo101 said :

switch said :

Give electronic voting a miss, much easier and quicker to do it the old fashioned dead tree way. The computer interface was obviously designed by a committee of public servants who thought computers from the 1970’s were a neat trick and haven’t moved on from then.

I’d give electronic voting a miss simply because it’s almost impossible to build a computer based voting system that is as reliable, transparent and attack resistant as good old pencil on paper.

i still think we should all come together in some public square on polling day and have a show of hands to elect the leader – the non-elected candidates are then summarily executed to raucus cheering before we all pile off to the taverns surrounding the square for pints of mead and discussions of animal husbandry and bawdy [not to mention lusty] signing…

Or singing even!

davo101 said :

switch said :

Give electronic voting a miss, much easier and quicker to do it the old fashioned dead tree way. The computer interface was obviously designed by a committee of public servants who thought computers from the 1970’s were a neat trick and haven’t moved on from then.

I’d give electronic voting a miss simply because it’s almost impossible to build a computer based voting system that is as reliable, transparent and attack resistant as good old pencil on paper.

i still think we should all come together in some public square on polling day and have a show of hands to elect the leader – the non-elected candidates are then summarily executed to raucus cheering before we all pile off to the taverns surrounding the square for pints of mead and discussions of animal husbandry and bawdy [not to mention lusty] signing…

I’m a pretty average dude, few weeks ago I went and voted using the computers… I spent 10 seconds reading the instructions, and within the minute i’d voted and was out the door… not sure what you guys are complaining about, you guys must be dumb or something….

I didn’t bother with the electronic vote simply because I was in a hurry, however, I do wonder about the merits of using pencil on paper when it is so easy to rub out.