Better Voting Machines
A modernized voting system that doesn't involve a form of data collection from the 19th century.
Q1: Any recommendations?
Idea Description
As a 19 year old college student, i can see why the voter turnout is low. I have very strong political opinions, but coming from someone who doesn't know how to mail a real letter ( I've probably mailed less than one per year), it makes sense that voter turnout is poor. This would solve an enormous amount of problems as far as voter turnout. Another problems it will solve is location voter registration area. One thing that is and always will be true is that people will be people, and without motivation, people don't do things. Although the scare is that the system will be hacked/rigged, there has to be some way to accomplish online security. We have saran wrap for christ's sake!
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?
While i haven't planned this far yet, it would get the idea across. I have little power to accomplish this task myself.
Vote for it now.
Some progress is being made... I would check into existing advocacy groups to get involved (or to start your own). Here is an update on the progress:
http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/07/bipartisan-bill-would-promote-innovation-in-reliable-transparent-voting-technology/