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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

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Post by masudhossain »

If someone were to vote on your website, how long would it take?

One of the main reasons why people don't vote is not being informed enough. Let's be honest, we hate the media and a lot of people don't know WHAT to believe anymore.

So do you have any plans on educating the people to think more logically and look at statistics for example when choosing to vote? Of course I'm not suggesting you to have any bias towards any candidates, but rather educate the people on what they vote for.

Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout

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Post by wang_li »

redthrowaway wrote: post #12

Not to sound elitist, but is that really a good thing? What sorts of people are going to be simultaneously not motivated to vote, and good at picking the best candidate?

I think that's the point. Low information voters can be easily swayed by the free candy party.

Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout

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Post by rhino369 »

estrabd wrote: post #5

Any 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.

I have no idea myself, but I think we can guess based on the fact that democrats generally want more turnout and republicans generally want less turn out. That suggests that democrats and republicans generally agree that the 100% would benefit democrats.

Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout

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Post by debracleaver »

redthrowaway wrote: post #12

Not to sound elitist, but is that really a good thing? What sorts of people are going to be simultaneously not motivated to vote, and good at picking the best candidate?

very few non-voters are unmotivated to vote. voters are far more likely to not cast ballots because voting is too hard.

Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout

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Post by debracleaver »

masudhossain wrote: post #11

If someone were to vote on your website, how long would it take? One of the main reasons why people don't vote is not being informed enough. Let's be honest, we hate the media and a lot of people don't know WHAT to believe anymore. So do you have any plans on educating the people to think more logically and look at statistics for example when choosing to vote? Of course I'm not suggesting you to have any bias towards…

you can't vote on our website, but you can receive help registering to vote, checking your status, and getting your absentee ballot. we focus on the nuts and bolts of voting, but there are so many great orgs out there who work on voter education.

Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout

#17

Post by debracleaver »

swalsh wrote: post #9

I'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 existi…

my general take on this is that we are ready to go with online voting when it is as secure as paper based voting. honestly, we're not there yet, but it is something i expect to see in the relatively near future.

Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout

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Post by wturner »

redthrowaway wrote: post #12

Not to sound elitist, but is that really a good thing? What sorts of people are going to be simultaneously not motivated to vote, and good at picking the best candidate?

It is irrelevant. Democracy isn't about picking the best candidate, it is about achieving a median that facilitates social order.

Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout

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Post by debracleaver »

sethbannon wrote: post #3
debracleaver wrote: post #2

Hey 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?

seth, it's feasible, but not with existing technology. i'm off-hand, somewhat flippant rule of thumb is that this isn't something we can realistically discuss until we can go a single week without a major security breach. right now breaches are so common that they barely merit a news mention.

once we're there in terms of security, however, i am confident that we will see a radical increase in voter turnout.

Re: Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout

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Post by JonFish85 »

debracleaver wrote: post #15
redthrowaway wrote: post #12

Not to sound elitist, but is that really a good thing? What sorts of people are going to be simultaneously not motivated to vote, and good at picking the best candidate?

very few non-voters are unmotivated to vote. voters are far more likely to not cast ballots because voting is too hard.

Really? Is that based on evidence, or just a gut feeling? My gut feeling would have been the opposite: people are too lazy and have a general feeling of "it wouldn't matter anyways, I'm only one vote".
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