Essays on Electronic Voting

Question 1

Since time immemorial the political arena of the United States has been pre-dominated by two major political parties, namely the Republicans and the Democrats. The two parties share almost equal political powers in the country. Usually, a democratic country is expected to have more than two parties, but America has a two part system mainly because of plurality voting. In the nation, a candidate wins the presidential elections only if they have more votes than any other participant. Therefore parties strive to be as large as they can, smoothing over disparities between voters and candidates. There is no point ...

Amidst controversies on the use of electronic voting machines, the 2012 Presidential Elections pushed through with reports of computer glitches occurring in several voting precincts across the United States, raising alarm as citizens lined up to cast their votes. One such occurrence happened in Pennsylvania where the voter reported about a faulty voting machine that highlighted Romney's name when selecting Obama's name (Jauregui). Although the malfunctioning voting machine was immediately fixed, residents recall Gov. Tom Corbett's comment that although Obama leads by almost five points in state polls, "[Pennsylvania's] electoral votes would go to Romney" (qtd. in Jauregui). Similar happenings ...

My fellow colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to speak on an issue that has surfaced, and one that will impact the future of the country and its people. According to Microsoft, our schools have been rated amongst the world’s most advanced users of technology in the classroom. Seven of our schools have been chosen to participate in Microsoft’s 2011 worldwide Innovative Schools Program. This will help teachers and school leaders and administrators to more effectively use technology in learning and teaching. This I think is a great move that ...

Electronic voting system is a system where votes are cast through electrical means rather than traditional paper ballots. Mostly of two types e.g. poll-site electronic voting conducted through touch screen where electronic voting terminal (Direct Recording Electronic Voting Terminal) is located in polling stations or remote electronic voting through any device such as PDA, mobile phone and personal computer with internet connections. Electronic voting has numerous advantages to the electoral authorities and voters. It creates significant reduction and simplification of work since there are no tedious paper works such as making entries in voters register, stamping and sealing of ...