While officials called the election a success, voting experts tempered their enthusiasm, saying it was only a closed, primary race and that privacy, security, and social concerns still remain, particularly for national elections. She and other voting experts said the Internet was already being used to distort the electoral process. The challenge in selling votes is to prove you voted. People are also setting up Napster-like sites to enable voters to swap votes. Finally, some people are wondering if America's really ready for this much access to the political process.
Online voting can put the process back in the hands of constituencies.
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