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Thumbs Down on E-Voting Until Minorities Go Online.

From: Los Angeles Business Journal  |  Date: 4/24/2000  |  Author: SALKOWSKI, JOE

THE principle of "one man, one vote" is as deeply ingrained in our democratic process as soft money, sex scandals and negative ads.

But until that same principle extends to computer ownership, we shouldn't let people cast those votes on the Internet.

Most Net users are understandably enthused about the prospect of filling out ballots online. No more waiting in line at the Elks lodge behind slowpokes who insist on actually reading all those ballot propositions.

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