As we reported earlier today, on one hand the government seems to be very keen to introduce new technology into the police force but the same cannot be said of the electoral system in the UK. Despite much mention and research into e-voting it has been confirmed that the authorities will not be putting forward any e-voting bills in 2008 or 2009.
There had been hopes that e-voting would encourage more younger people to vote in national, local and European elections but there seem to be a number of doubts about the service. It was used in the recent Mayor of London vote and while broadly successful it did encounter some criticism.
Security seems to be the main issue with many parties and voters unsure that total security can ever be guaranteed for a system which will depend upon email votes or online voting. Despite the fact that millions of pounds have been spent so far researching the idea, it was confirmed that these research programs will continue for the foreseeable future.
If at the end of the day the government was to turn around and reject the move they would have wasted millions of pounds of tax payer's money at a time when many tax payers cannot even afford to look after themselves! |
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