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There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery.

Organizations worried about the potential for e-voting problems have long-advocated for audit procedures by which votes cast by e-voting machines could be verified through audit trails.

Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid.

Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind.

The vote controls everything that you do.

Calling out people for not voting, what experts term 'public shaming,' can prod someone to cast a ballot.

Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.