# Won't there come a time where we can vote in Presidential elections (or any elections) online? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 6, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-there-come-a-time-where-we-can-vote-in-presidential-elections-or-any-elections-online/761959 "2016-08-06T18:07:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-there-come-a-time-where-we-can-vote-in-presidential-elections-or-any-elections-online/761959/1 "2016-08-06T18:07:19Z")
If so, I wonder why this hasn’t been done yet? I read threads here and elsewhere debating the “turn-out” among all demographics, and it seems like the ability to avoid driving to the polling place, standing in line\*\*, interacting with people in general, etc., would bump the turn-out from (50%ish?) to somewhere in the low 90%'s? I suppose the argument against it would be the possibility of “voter fraud” (i.e. one person voting dozens of times) but couldn’t it be tied to a SS#, or a state/Drivers License #, to avoid duplication? \*\*this spoken by someone who has never voted before, so I’m not sure what to expect, come November… and if you CAN vote online, then I hope this thread gets closed and just melts into purgatory ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-there-come-a-time-where-we-can-vote-in-presidential-elections-or-any-elections-online/761959/2 "2016-08-06T18:12:02Z")
So many info security issues they’d drive you batty. Until there’s absolutely secure public networking, not gonna happen. In other words, never gonna happen, at least not in our lifetimes. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-there-come-a-time-where-we-can-vote-in-presidential-elections-or-any-elections-online/761959/3 "2016-08-06T18:16:44Z")
That’s it. Two questions: Is there any Internet system that absolutely cannot be hacked? Would there be any more tempting a target? ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-there-come-a-time-where-we-can-vote-in-presidential-elections-or-any-elections-online/761959/4 "2016-08-06T18:18:44Z")
Yeah, touche’ on that I guess… I’m not one who thinks all that much about “internet security” / hacking (call it naive, or whatever you choose), but I guess that makes more sense than anything I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-there-come-a-time-where-we-can-vote-in-presidential-elections-or-any-elections-online/761959/5 "2016-08-06T18:19:23Z")
We already have so many information security issues they’d drive you batty in paper balloting. It doesn’t seem to bother folks much. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-there-come-a-time-where-we-can-vote-in-presidential-elections-or-any-elections-online/761959/6 "2016-08-06T18:28:23Z")
Except that paper isn’t vulnerable to some guy sitting at a laptop in Moscow or Beijing.