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Technology, Privacy laws & Internal Conflicts prevent the “Voter Empowerment Act” from being viable
A good idea after all three are fixed. Awful right now.
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Synopsis
The moral issues for the election polling places are simple: (#1) Eligible voters are able to vote, (#2) Ineligible voters are prevented from voting.
Statistically, based on the two error types, eligible voters will be turned away and ineligible voters will be allowed to vote. Those errors will occur. Hopefully, not too many. The goal of both parties should be to minimize both of them.
Status
The House has passed a bill to fix the statistical errors and stop supposedly intentional voter suppression. The real question is “Will it work?” or will it be overwhelmed with unforeseen disasters. I have identified two from a systems analysis point of view — the bill conflicts with itself and the assumptions about current technology.
Proponents of this bill tend to argue for #1 and generally ignore #2. Opponents argue for #2 and tend to ignore #1. Examples can be found to support each side. Both parties accuse…
