Electronic democracy in action

I have long advocated that paper and pencil voting be mandated in all elections, everywhere, because of the difficulties with most systems of electronic and Internet voting. As I am not influential, no one listens to me. However, in a recent security test, invited by the election board of Washington, DC, a seemingly secure system became so riddled with security holes that the "foul-mouthed, drunken Futurama robot Bender" was "elected" to the local school board in the test.

Make no mistake, voting over the Internet will come, someday. But until security is taken more seriously by those who are writing the software and constructing the machinery, such votes will be highly suspect, and susceptible to those who would like to control the outcome.