[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [atlarge-discuss] online voting



I agree with you on this one Joanna.

Richard Henderson

----- Original Message -----
From: Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>
To: Bruce Young <Bruce@barelyadequate.info>; atlarge discuss list
<atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:38 PM
Subject: RE: [atlarge-discuss] online voting


> I support the opposite position, for secret ballots. You may live in a
free
> society, but others don't. An open ballot is a barrier to entry for many
> people, not to mention that it is an intrusion of personal privacy. How a
> person votes is between themselves and their conscience, the exception
being
> the votes taken by elected representatives whose duty it is to vote the
> public interest to the best of their ability. In other words, you don't
need
> to know who voted a particular panel member into the job, but you do need
to
> know how they are voting on issues that affect you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joanna
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Young [mailto:Bruce@barelyadequate.info]
> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:24 PM
> > To: atlarge discuss list
> > Subject: RE: [atlarge-discuss] online voting
> >
> >
> > James Love wrote:
> >
> > >Do we want public or secret voting?
> >
> > I vote for public.  Hard for someone to "flip" your vote if you
> > can see it!
> >
> > Bruce Young
> > Portland, Oregon
> > Bruce@barelyadequate.info
> > http://www.barelyadequate.info
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Support democratic control of the Internet!
> > Go to http://www.icannatlarge.com and Join ICANN At Large!
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de
> > For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de
> >
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de
> For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de
>


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de
For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de