It could change politics wherever democracy exists and, perhaps especially, wherever its public clout is dimmed by weariness and neglect, as in both the US and Britain. Arizona Democrats, if they want to, will sign on digitally and each acquire a personalised coded digital certificate. This will allow each voter to enter code, name and date of birth, and cast a ballot on screen. They can do this either on their own PC or at one of 40 PC-equipped polling stations around the state, at any time of day or night. Let us hope he's right.
Many people are worried by internet voting.
Even in the far west, the future rouses conservative anxieties. But the privacy issue seems to be regarded with more troubled doubt. These experiments now have the wind behind them. They should indeed improve turn-out. Simpler ways of voting promise to revitalise the bloodstream of exhausted democrats.