The study revealed that those voters are discriminating consumers of political information online, with many respondents saying they were more likely to trust information provided by neutral sources, rather than political parties and candidates. The ability to have greater control of the information they receive is large part appeal of the Internet for voters. Opponents of the plan say it will be impossible to know if the person voting is who they say they are. Additionally, there are questions surrounding voters' privacy, hacking, and other technical problems. Most states will need to pass legislation for electronic voting to take place and 16 states will need the approval of the of the Justice Department since they fall under the jurisdiction of the Voting Rights Act which guarantees voting will not discriminate against minorities.
Officials fear that online voting.
Florida, Iowa, Washington, California and Arizona are either considering or already planning to hold online voting in the year 2000. The two sides are currently trying to decide the best way to structure the deal. The companies were forced to disclose the nature of their negotiations after the London Stock Exchange inquired into an increase in Flextech's shares over the past two trading days. With this deal, the cable operators hope to avoid paying huge sums to buy programming from providers like British Sky Broadcasting, the satellite-TV company controlled by Rupert Murdoch. Final approval is contingent on the companies along with GTE, which has agreed to merge with Bell Atlantic, selling off billions of dollars worth of cellular systems and millions of customers before they allowed complete the merger.