Why cant we vote for America Idol on our computers?
357302
idk...i would want to...if they are worried about cheating than create acounts that can only submit one vote a show time...it can be done
239593
your computer doesn't have to software to run it if there are other types of programs that could run it try those but make sure you dont click the box to remember your decision
139139
yeah why not\n\ni vote aol
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Sorry this is the only information I could find with any bit about who counts votes and it's really nothing! I can't believe I can't find anymore than this. I've searched everywhere. If you find out, let me know.\n \n"Fox released a statement: "The producers and network have gone to great lengths to ensure the integrity of the voting process on American Idol. America votes, an independent company calculates the tally, and the show reports those results.""
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My concern remains - what keeps someone from going poll-to-poll and "registering" several times?  I know my polling places don't have a computer link-up to a central database.  Heck - they barely got the touch-screens working.\n\nThis might not be happening right now, but can we guarantee it won't happen?\n\nBut my family is from Louisiana - if you want election fraud, we can give you a Doctoral Dissertation on the subject.
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I think it's because the dummy democrats in Florida couldn't figure out how to do the punch card ballots.  Now they're whining that they can't figure out the state of the art electronic voting machines!  >Throwing hands up<  I GIVE UP!!
801685
I agree 100% with you, but lets take it one step further. In libraries and community building machines like automatic teller machines could be placed and from time ballot was printed till 8 o'clock election day you could enter your voting card get paper ballot an envelope vote at your leisure put it into envelope, and with magmatic voting card deposited it to be collected and counted election night. This would end 3 hour time problem. Biggest problem would setting up system to prevent counterfeit collection boxes from being put into system, but with GPA tracking it could be overcome. Primaries could also be done this way if you were allowed to pick you party day you voted.
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I used touchscreen voting today, in Cook County in IL. We were supposed to be asked whether we wanted to use a touchscreen or an optical scan ballot, but I was not. I could have asked about it, I'm sure, but I didn't, so that's my fault. However, I should have been asked. I had no problems with the touchscreen machine as far as I could tell. The type I used was a AVC Edge touch screen made by Sequoia, with a paper record that prints out under glass that you approve before you finish voting. I felt a bit exposed, because we didn't have curtains around us, and the machines were quite close together. I kind of felt like I did in high school, wondering if anyone was cheating off of me. When I voted in the presidential election in 2004, I used a paper ballot, and I went into a curtained booth, and marked it, and then put it into an optical scan machine. I think that felt more private. I think I would rather have had a curtain around me, or else at least had the machines turned to a wall, with more space between them, instead of having your back to the middle of the room, where someone could look over your shoulder without you knowing. There would have been room in my polling place for that.\n\nWhen you review your choices on the screen, and when they print out on the paper, they don't have what party the candidate is affiliated with, and I wish they did. That would have made it easier for me to verify that my selections were correct.&#92;\n\nI didn't have to wait at all to vote, and nobody was there handing out flyers, and there were no exit pollers. I didn't really expect there to be though. I live in suburban Cook County, not in Chicago.\n\nSorry if I was long winded. I think we should all share our voting experiences with each other!
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maybe youyr school has it blocked for a reason. How about if you pay more attention to your teacher and less time wasting my tax dollars on government funded computers?
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Yes, America is doomed.  Not for any religious reason but, American Idol is a cult that is eating the souls of everyone that participates.
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If you can't vote, than you shouldn't be allowed on those sites. I, too would like to know why they don't enforce such rules. I think they have those guidelines just so people can't sue the company for what they seee on the site. Shouldn't they have some advanced technology that can spot certain language and, perhaps, photos and delete it?
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u cant get one i think u can only get who is running not a copy of the actual ballot its all by comp now i am voting KINKEY
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That's a hard one.  I wish we could move to handcounted paper ballots, but they will say they put too much money in buying the new machines that they purchased due to help America vote act, but if we can't see the software programming, they can still rig them..many programmers say that.  The system works fine in other countries, but when they don't want accurate vote counts, we won't get that.\n\nWe should be in the streets every week like they did in the Ukraine.  You people who say its sour grapes are simply not informed or were not there, but what can you expect from sheep?  Intensive research, not?
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Many people are concerned with computerized voting. \n\nThat's why many juristictions are looking at machines with VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER TRAILS. \n\nVoters are given the opportunity to verify - on paper - that their votes have gone the way they want. Once the ballot is finalized, a barcode is printed as well. A recount can be done by machine (scanning the barcodes) and by hand (reading the names). \n\nAnd, if you're so damned sure about the answer to your question, why are you bothering to ask?
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It is due to the system of participation.  The one in the states is called first-past-the-post or a plural majority, meaning if voted for Republican (AHHHH!), but a democrat got in (YAAAH!) my vote would be excluded and ignored.  However, in Europe proportional representation allows for every vote to be counted, and that gives rise to a multi-party system. So, sad to say the only way there's is going to be a third party system, would be to get off your arses and demand change.  Don't tell me, you'll do it right after American idol!! Joking, we Brits have the same crappy system.
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It may be keeping track of who voted.  Are you logging in as a different user and attempting to vote?
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First off if you vote, at least that is a step in the right direction. Second, The Electoral College and the Popular votes are always off. I agree with you that this is not fair. Our voices are not heard, we are put in a group of Electoral votes and individuals don't count. For the presidency. \nWith all the technology you would think if we could  vote on the computers, then maybe just maybe the computer would not screw up the counts, it would be faster, and well no one would be counting the "hanging chads". \nGood Question\n\nAdded 4:10 a.m. Found this for you....The Electoral College was established by the framers of the Constitution as a compromise between the election of the President by popular vote and the election of the President by the Congress.  The framers were concerned that members of the public would not be able to stay informed about candidates from other regions. They were also worried about the arrangements that might be made between the state’s Representatives behind closed doors.  While the concern over deals struck between our elected Representatives might continue to be a concern in modern times, the ability of the public to be informed about the candidates is not...http://alllaw.com/articles/constitutional/article1.asp\n\nand getting it changed back is a lot of work....It will be interesting to see the public’s reaction if the results of the Electoral College don’t match up with the results of the popular vote in this Presidential election.  One strong argument for keeping the Electoral College is that it forces Presidential candidates to campaign in states with small populations.  If the Presidential election were decided by the popular vote, candidates might focus their campaigns only on highly populated areas, leaving states with smaller populations with little say in who is elected President.  It is hard to say whether this argument is strong enough to overcome any sense of unfairness voters may feel if the candidate who wins the popular vote loses the Electoral College election.  Because the Electoral College process is part of our Constitution, it can only be changed by a Constitutional amendment – not an easy thing to do....http://alllaw.com/articles/constitutional/article1.asp\n\n When, in 1824, Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the presidency to John Quincy Adams, Jackson lost no time in complaining that he believed the election was stolen. He complained early, he complained often; even after he won the presidency the next time around he was still complaining...http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/11.19C.mundy.gore.htm\n\nI was so interrested in your question I did some more research and went to a wonderful site. AskALibrarian@oclc.org. They sent me those links. \n\nhttp://www.votescount.com/books/elecoll.htm\n\nhttp://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/INFORMATION/electcollege_history.php\n\nhttp://www.fec.gov/pages/ecmenu2.htm