Paper #2: Online Voting Paper #2 CJN 721:  e-Communities and the Digital Divide Online Internet Voting? Do you think voting in primaries or elections on the internet is a good idea?  Please do read Can the Web Save Democracy? (UK/BBC) The Future of Internet Voting (read the executive summary -- more if you wish) as background for your response.  Then please identify: Whether you think online voting is a good idea. What you can identify as the advantages and the disadvantages of online voting in U.S. politics. What could be done to remove the disadvantages and enhance the advantages. In general, what further advantages or disadvantages would voting online pose to lesser-developed nations? Design what you believe is the optimum scenario for incorporating technology like the Internet into the democratic voting process. Please keep this under 4 pages.  Cite sources as appropriate.  Rough drafts read free of charge.     This page created and maintained by Dr. Deb Geisler Department of Communication and Journalism Suffolk University Boston, MA  02108 Last updated 4 October 2007