Losing Our Democracy in Super Slo-Mo

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Losing Our Democracy in Super Slo-Mo

23rd October 2004

by Hal Plotkin

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October 23, 2004

When I wrote The Case for Paper Ballots four years ago I thought I had come up with the worst possible scenario: the misuse of outrage over the Florida voting scandal to enable the installation of an even more unreliable and unverifiable computer-based system of voting.

Annalee Newitz’s article “Sorry, Your Vote Has Been: Lost, Hacked, Miscast, Recorded Twice” in this month’s issue of Popular Science confirms that my worst fears have been realized.

About the Author / Hal Plotkin

hplotkin@plotkin.com

My published work since 1985 has focused mostly on public policy, technology, science, education and business. I’ve written more than 600 articles for a variety of magazines, journals and newspapers on these often interrelated subjects. The topics I have covered include analysis of progressive approaches to higher education, entrepreneurial trends, e-learning strategies, business management, open source software, alternative energy research and development, voting technologies, streaming media platforms, online electioneering, biotech research, patent and tax law reform, federal nanotechnology policies and tech stocks.