The Tangled Web of E-Voting Polical Speech6/26/2000; 7:33:50 AM This is one of the fullest news articles I've seen in a while about online voting, covering both sides of the issue with a more-or-less even hand, and full of helpful information. For instance, I didn't know that the Alaskan Republican Straw Poll was done by Internet Voting. (35 voters participated, that's probably why we've never heard of it ) Despite the companies assurances, there's a lot of reason to worry about online voting in the future. Said about the Arizona Democratic Primary, '"The image is that it was a successful process," said Election Center director Doug Lewis. "(It was) successful only if you compare it to nothing. If you compare it to any official election held in the country, it would have been labeled a disaster."' Nice quote!Internet voting is an importent step to take in empowering everybody to vote, but it does need to be taken slowly, even despite the companies that want to make a buck off of it. Perhaps even because companies want to make a buck off of it."It is not a good idea for governments to outsource the most basic element of democracy," said [David] Jefferson. "Governments should conduct elections."