Still, there were some highlights. In addition, an online absentee balloting pilot took wing in five counties, allowing military personnel overseas to cast their votes over the Internet. Online voting is unlikely to be authorized for wide use by the next presidential election in 2004. Still, analysts said the current election delays will increase momentum for an electronic ballot system. We won't have to count and recount ballots.
Technology is always more accurate than paper.
Other promising signs for the increasing importance of Net politics included Sen. John McCain's widely admired use of the Internet in his failed bid for the presidency. By the time the next presidential election rolls around, analysts say more candidates will be using the Web as a campaign tool. Arizona Democrat Coleman predicts candidates will make better use of their Web sites as campaign tools, information will be more easily available, and voters will be able to cast their ballots on their computers, mobile phones and other wireless devices. But once it is, the elections will be safer, easier, and there will be none of this mess of recounting ballots. Technology is always better than paper.