His ballot was e-mailed from the County Clerk's office to the Johnson Space Center and then to Russia for uplink to the space station. After he voted his electronic ballot, the process was reversed. That event opened a new chapter in our nation's voting history. If voting in outer space was possible in 1997 - voting on the Internet should be possible during the first Presidential General Election of the next century. At the same time, the Internet has millions of people connected.
Most people graduating from college are comfortable using the net.
Internet connections are available at schools, libraries, work places, neighborhood technology centers, retail outlets and the neighbor's house. And finally, surveys and election Web site usage data show that voters want to use the Internet as a voter services and education resource. Bring up voting on the Internet, however, and some people twitch. They deeply believe that the fabric of Democracy will unravel at the alter of Internet voting. Their legitimate concerns revolve around the automation and production of fraudulent ballots, the introduction of Trojan Horses that could bring down the voting system and the manipulation of election results.