Estonian Internet Voting Called a Success 291
composer314 writes "The Associated Press is reporting that the small European nation of Estonia has conducted large-scale voting over the Internet. From the article: "Last week, Estonia became the first country in the world to hold an election allowing voters nationwide to cast ballots over the internet. Fewer than 10,000 people, or 1 percent of registered voters, participated online in elections for mayors and city councils across the country, but officials hailed the experiment as a success." The system is built on Linux." I guess it works well when the Internet is considered a human right.
It's SUCH a success (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't Estonia that "fake country" in Dilbert? (Score:3, Funny)
If you read the Dilbert cartoon, Estonia is the fake country with the bearded people
And if it were real, I'm sure I would have heard of it buy now since all the real countries have obvious names like England, Mexico, Canada, France, etc. etc.
I actually wonder about some of those -stan prefixed former Russian countries...do they exist?
A success? With a 1% turnout? (Score:4, Funny)
And in other news (Score:4, Funny)
hacker voters.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A success? With a 1% turnout? (Score:3, Funny)
"Hey, we're Estonia,
We like macaronia,
And it's time to voooote!"
That would be a success of a kind.
Re:Isn't Estonia that "fake country" in Dilbert? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Isn't Estonia that "fake country" in Dilbert? (Score:5, Funny)
No thats Elbonia, and I deeply resent your ignorance we are not a fake country [uncyclopedia.org].
I actually wonder about some of those -stan prefixed former Russian countries...do they exist?
Well, the thing is those *stan countries were blasted into in orbit around Pluto by the Soviet space agency during the cold war since they proved to be a general nuisance. The only exception is Afghanistan which had to be brought down to earth a few years ago for a major overhaul due to a massive rodent infestation.
Diebold's officials . . . (Score:4, Funny)
Breaking news (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Isn't Estonia that "fake country" in Dilbert? (Score:5, Funny)
Like -stanUkraine? Or -stanGeorgia? Hmm. Not sure, but I think they're fake.
Estonian e-voting a glowing success (Score:4, Funny)
"It was flawless", the Chief Election Commissioner said, and in apparent attempt to gloat over his critics, who were loudly warning of problems, he added: "And it proves that contrary to what those feeble Doomsayers were saying, we should not fear new technology, we should embrace it because it is new, shiny and made in America!".
In related news, some confusion persists of the proper procedure of swearing the new Estonian President, Barney "The Pink" Dinosaur, and his vice-president Wet Noodle, both of the party "All Your Base Belong To Us". Additional complications for the traditionalists is the suprising new discoverery at the polls that apparently most Estonians turned out to be of the Jedi religion.