Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout
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Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout
#2Hey everyone. Debra Cleaver here, founder of Vote.org. I am ready to answer all of your questions about voting in the US, as long as they are non-partisan. Partisan questions should be directed to your local political party. I'm especially keen to talk about ways we can use technology to modernize the election process. My current focus is how we can use electronic signatures to roll out online voter registration in states that don't have it, and for people who don't have driver's licenses.
Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout
#3Hey everyone. Debra Cleaver here, founder of Vote.org. I am ready to answer all of your questions about voting in the US, as long as they are non-partisan. Partisan questions should be directed to your local political party. I'm especially keen to talk about ways we can use technology to modernize the election process. My current focus is how we can use electronic signatures to roll out online voter registration in s…
Hey Debra,
Thanks for everything you're doing to increase participation in our democracy!
I know it's a bit far-sighted, but would love to hear your thoughts on electronic voting. Is it feasible? Desirable? What do we need to get there?
Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout
#4Hey everyone. Debra Cleaver here, founder of Vote.org. I am ready to answer all of your questions about voting in the US, as long as they are non-partisan. Partisan questions should be directed to your local political party. I'm especially keen to talk about ways we can use technology to modernize the election process. My current focus is how we can use electronic signatures to roll out online voter registration in s…
Hi Debra,
Is your organization focused only on general elections, or on primaries as well? I couldn't find any information about primary elections on your site, even though many of the most consequential decisions are made then, when voter turnout is at its lowest.
Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout
#5Any idea about what the political ideologies of the full 100% looks like? It's bound to be vastly different that the low percentage that turns out.
Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout
#6I'd rather have 100% turnout by the 10% who are actually informed about the issues and candidates.
Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout
#7Hey everyone. Debra Cleaver here, founder of Vote.org. I am ready to answer all of your questions about voting in the US, as long as they are non-partisan. Partisan questions should be directed to your local political party. I'm especially keen to talk about ways we can use technology to modernize the election process. My current focus is how we can use electronic signatures to roll out online voter registration in s…
Hi Debra, Is your organization focused only on general elections, or on primaries as well? I couldn't find any information about primary elections on your site, even though many of the most consequential decisions are made then, when voter turnout is at its lowest.
Not debra, but I would think that would fall under "partisan"
Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout
#8To know why this is a bad idea, you might want to watch this video titled The Myth of the Rational Voter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKANfuq_92U.
Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout
#9I've always thought that online voting could be made MORE secure than traditional systems. If you combine cryptography with more traditional layers. It can also be anonymous.
Take an existing online registration, allow a user to login, and "create a password". Take the password, hash it with the users registration id, and a salt, and that becomes the id for a ballot. Now a user can always login, and view their existing vote (as long as they remember their password) however no outside or inside user could directly link a ballot with a voter.
In addition, allow all online votes, and registered users (who voted) to be instantly publicly accessible via API by 3rd party non government organizations so that all results can be monitored.
The hashing algorithm can be the same used by any traditional password system.
Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hi Debra, Is your organization focused only on general elections, or on primaries as well? I couldn't find any information about primary elections on your site, even though many of the most consequential decisions are made then, when voter turnout is at its lowest.
Not debra, but I would think that would fall under "partisan"
I can think of non-partisan objectives, like pushing for open primaries in all States, and allowing for same day registration.