Mike,
I disagree. I think mailing anonymous postcards on stock paper I can buy at Office Depot is superior in every way. First of all, 128-bit encryption is very succeptible to hacking by people trying to sabotage our small non-profit's election. Second, I think most of our members enjoy getting out, going to the post office, buying a stamp, and praying that USPS manages to get it there on time and in one piece. Not only that, but when a member accidentally does not receive a ballot, they simply cannot vote, which weeds out the non-dedicated members. The obvious choice for an organization looking to move forward and into the future is paper, forever.
73, Gabe AL6D/VE6NJH
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 5:42 PM Mike Diehl diehl.mike.a@gmail.com wrote:
Disagree. There are online services that are just as, if not more, secure as your medical information or where you spend your money. Going to print with anything takes a lot more work than simply providing some options to a voting service. Then there’s postage. Online is also more convenient, you can pretty much do it anytime, anywhere you want. Think of it like LOTW for QSLs, saves a ton in paper, postage and trips to the post.
Last but not least is I don’t see a real threat of people “hacking” the elections for jobs that don’t pay and are full of criticism.
73, Mike Diehl W8LID
On Jul 17, 2018, at 19:44, Eric Fort <
eric.fort.listmail@fortconsulting.org> wrote:
Let’s not get into electronic voting. Too much opportunity to “hack the
vote”. It’s unfortunate that an error was made and not caught prior to printing and mailing but electronic voting is not the answer.
Eric Af6ep
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On Jul 17, 2018, at 3:40 PM, Gabriel Zeifman gabrielzeifman@gmail.com
wrote:
How unfortunate that our cash strapped, technology oriented
organization is
having to waste so much money to print and mail two sets of paper
ballots
to each and every member. Seems to me that electronic voting would save
the
organization money, make voting more secure and efficient, prevent
mishaps
such as this, and prevent some members from not receiving ballots like
last
year.
73, Gabe AL6D/VE6NJH
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 2:33 PM Clayton Coleman W5PFG tasmac@w5pfg.us
wrote:
Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT-NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the
AMSAT-NA
office will not be counted.
New ballots, labeled “CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018” and printed on yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members.
Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates: Tom Clark, K3IO Mark Hammond, N8MH Scott Harvey, KA7FVV Bruce Paige, KK5DO Peter Portanova, W2JV
The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.
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