http://blog.lawinfo.com/2008/04/22/text-to-vote/ Lawyer Blog | Attorney Blog | Read and Post Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:50:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.lawinfo.com/2008/04/22/text-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-3372 Structured Settlement Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:07:06 +0000 http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=2371#comment-3372 Maybe my kids kids will vote via text message, but I would like to stay old school a little longer. Can't I just email my vote with the candidate in the subject line? ;) Maybe my kids kids will vote via text message, but I would like to stay old school a little longer. Can’t I just email my vote with the candidate in the subject line?

]]> http://blog.lawinfo.com/2008/04/22/text-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-3371 Ben Thomas Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:31:15 +0000 http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=2371#comment-3371 The organisation I work for is actively involved in text and on-line voting for Statutory and Non Statutory elections in Europe. I think it’s fair to say that currently SMS voting whilst convenient, does not provide the security or reliability that would be required for a Statutory election (certainly in the UK). Security issues surrounding telco servers and the fact that a text message is not guaranteed to be delivered by the networks in a timescale that would be suitable for an election (supposing you text 1 minute before an election was due to close but it took 5 minutes for the message to be delivered?) mean that currently it is not a practical solution. Interestingly enough, when we have offered voters the choice of mobile voting or Internet voting for non Statutory elections, the majority of votes have been cast on-line(by a factor of approximately 7 to 1). The organisation I work for is actively involved in text and on-line voting for Statutory and Non Statutory elections in Europe.
I think it’s fair to say that currently SMS voting whilst convenient, does not provide the security or reliability that would be required for a Statutory election (certainly in the UK). Security issues surrounding telco servers and the fact that a text message is not guaranteed to be delivered by the networks in a timescale that would be suitable for an election (supposing you text 1 minute before an election was due to close but it took 5 minutes for the message to be delivered?) mean that currently it is not a practical solution.
Interestingly enough, when we have offered voters the choice of mobile voting or Internet voting for non Statutory elections, the majority of votes have been cast on-line(by a factor of approximately 7 to 1).

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