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P O L I T I C A L E X P E R T M A J O R W I L L I A M S
By Major Williams
I want to start this conversation off by saying I love this passage and how even then, in 1926 the
I would like to vote by phone! Why not,
viewpoint of the smartphone was seemingly so
grand, "When wireless is perfectly applied the
society has evolved so much since the
days of the vote by ballot idea. People are whole earth will be converted into a huge brain,
essentially running their entire business from which in fact it is, all things being particles of a
there smartphones and making millions of real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to
dollars, yet our governmental system has refused communicate with one another instantly,
to adapt. I get that the issue of voter fraud would irrespective of distance. Not only this but through
make people weary, but considering what we television and telephony we shall see and hear
faced this past November election should show one another as perfectly as though we were face
you that it is possible no matter what to some to face, despite intervening distances of
degree. People want convenience, speed and to thousands of miles; and the instruments through
carry on about their day without the hassle of which we shall be able to do he will be amazingly
standing in line to vote or mailing a ballot etc... simple compared with our present telephone. A
Sure, you might say you can vote by mail but we man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket." -
all know that there is no better feeling than Nikola Tesla, 1926
holding that paper ballot and sliding the finished
punch card into the slot machine. The same Modernizing voting to make it easier is the
gratification and stimulation are said to happen answer to the low voter turnout plaguing our
during financial transactions via smartphones “dysfunctional, polarized democracy,” and I hope
said a study at the University of Houston in 2017. to see the idea expand to other constituencies and
other states in the near future.
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