Vote-smart for example cuts straight to the point and tells you who to vote for. You tell them where you stand on a whole range of issues by filling in a form containing a list of tick-boxes. Once you have made your feelings clear on everything from abortion rights to welfare reform they will match you up with the candidate whose position most closely matches yours. Online voting American voters will still have to leave their homes to vote online polling booths have not yet been invented. The fundamental problem is security.
Any online system has to be able to prevent people from casting more than one vote.
The problem computer programmers have to solve is to invent a technology that can prevent fraud and yet still protect the anonymity of the voter. The idea of online voting is also unpopular with the American public. Of the 59,259 people who have voted so far, only 13 per cent are in favour of the idea. 38,341 people or 64 per cent are against online voting 21 per cent are unsure. Although a large proportion of Americans are now online at home, a significant proportion are not.