Arizona Democrats will be able to vote online in next month's primary, marking the first time in the U.S. there will be a binding election for public office using the Internet. A lawsuit alleging that voting by computer would discriminate against minorities and the poor was filed by civil liberties groups. Democrats plan to set up about 125 polling places where party voters may either fill out traditional paper ballots or use a computer terminal to vote online March 11. Voters also have the option of casting votes early by logging on to the party's Web site from March 7-10. A professor, Daniel J. Bernstein, who has tried since 1995 to post his strong encryption code on the Internet will be allowed to do so, said the Commerce Department in an advisory letter to Cindy Cohn, who has represented Mr. Bernstein pro bono for five years.
All technology is flawed.
But the DNA snafu described below is significant. Well, we may learn that DNA evidence, like paternity tests, indicate only a probability of a match. The mismatch, thought to be the first major mistake produced by a national DNA database, has sent shock waves through law enforcement communities not only in Great Britain but also in the United States, where DNA databases are based on the British model. Under the new system, a Virginia resident with an existing driver's license can complete a five year license renewal on the DMV Website using a credit card. The renewal cost is the same online or in person.