Election Perfection

Jessie Atkin posted a blog up on digitallanding about the insecurities of voting, when the process isn't fool-proof.

It’s election day and that means it is not a stellar day for technology. As was apparent in 2000 and will be apparent again today no vote is as safe as we’d hope. From the recount and hanging chads to the ever present hacking possibility for electronic booths the result of the election isn’t as nerve racking as the possibility of the wrong result.

New York remains one of the safer states with its lever voting machines, but the lever booth is far from the most popular across the country today. From paper to computers there’s quite a spread across the country today just the same as political opinions. It’s important to vote today, whether it’s your first time or the one hundredth time, but it’s important to understand things don’t end today. As active as the country has been in the past year, the attention that has been paid to issues, that fire should continue. Maybe we should start with the voting process itself. Maybe next time we won’t have to be afraid of the integrity and safety of our very ballots.