EVM Voting Machines
EVM voting machines are devices used to electronicly capture votes. These machines are often easy to use, and accurate at capturing votes. They also offer many different languages. Although these devices have their own downfalls such as expence, hacking , and they can be hard to use.
As technology advances, new ways to vote are introduced. The EVM is an electronic voting machine that allows you to vote privatly on a computer with ease of use. According to an essay titled "Everyone Should Be Able to Vote", it states that in 2003 voters were polled of different race, age, and physical ability; and that 97% claimed they had no trouble using an EVM. These machines also offer a hand held device that would be much more confortable and private for a disabled person.
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With this available, a voter will not have to ask a staff member for help in decerning their options. This allows for a much more private voting system. The previous passage also states that their are over 138 different languages spoken in Queens alone. The EVM can addapt to that allowing better understanding of what a voter is voting on.
EVMs have their share of disadvantages as well. Any computer has the possibility of being hacked. Although not being connected to the internet, anyone with a basic knoledge of electronics can hack one of these systems. Voting is already often corrupted, so adding a way for people to add more corruption is a bad idea. With voting being such a valuable righ, having your vote tampered with or changed is a big delema. Many people, including myself dont feel comfortable casting a vote electronicly.
In addition to this, EVMs are not nessesarily easier to use than a paper ballot. This espesially comes into play with older people who have not addapted to technology. A paper ballot is a simple and private way of
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...om the comfort of their home or even from a dorm room seven states away, the possibilities of Internet voting are not being even remotely utilized. States should begin to offer Internet voting and registration as a supplement to already existing options. For those that do not own a computer, vote by mail can also be a plausible and indispensable alternative.
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