Opinion Letters  Just say no to Internet Voting 0  Lisa Pease
This is in response to this article:
http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2252381  As
someone who has been both a computer programmer and a two-time
presidential campaign staffer, I urge your readers NOT to
embrace any form of voting that doesn't have a paper ballot the
voter can mark directly and that can be recounted.  Internet
voting sounds so wonderful and easy. You can do it in your
pajamas. No waiting in line. No getting in late to work.  But as
a programmer, I must caution you. Not only do programmers make
mistakes, some of them can be bought. There really are people in
this world capable of stealing your vote when you cast it
electronically. And having paper ballots alone isn't the answer
either, because that ballot can be scanned into a computer where
the programmer can decide what to show you vs. how to record
your vote. A programmer can show you onscreen that you voted for
Paul Bunyan, while recording in the background t