[Kde-i18n-vi] Video Professor - Online Voting is the Winning Choice

[paul.kholer paul.kholer]

*Online Voting is the Winning Choice*

Electronic voting involves electronic vote casting as well as automated vote
counting. The methods by which an electronic vote can be submitted include
phone, private computer networks, and the World Wide Web. Logically, the
desire to vote online is growing right along with the popularity of the
Internet. More and more organizations are choosing to hold elections online,
and are hiring electronic voting services to help them do just that.

Most online voting services offer a choice of balloting systems:

*Standard or Plural: *Each person gets a single vote. Works well with two
candidates or options since one must receive the majority vote. This is the
voting system commonly used in democratic elections.

*Approval: *Voters vote for every selection they approve of. This helps
narrow the contenders by process of elimination. Engineering and
mathematical associations like to use approval voting.

*Cumulative: *Each* * voter is granted ten votes then divides them among
multiple items on a ballot. This method is preferred by corporations. It's
also the preferred balloting system of state municipalities.

*Ranking: *Items on a ballot are ranked in order of preference. Sports polls
often utilize the ranking format.

Organizations that employ online voting services include but are not limited
to:

   -
   - Corporate Boards
   - Businesses
   - Government Organizations
   - Learning Institutions
   - Hospitals
   - Churches
   - Unions
   - Alumni Associations
   - Online Clubs
   - Sports Organizations
   - Not-for-Profits
   - Families

Organizations of all sorts recognize the following advantages to online
voting:

*Convenience:* Voters don't have to be at the same place at the same time.
It's easier for handicapped voters who have trouble getting to a voting
facility.

      *Accuracy: * Virtually eliminates human error, since computers do the
counting.

*Confidentiality:* No raising your hand to vote. Voters sign in using two
assigned numbers and a code based on the his or her personal data. Ballots
are encrypted and sealed with a digital signature.

      *Formal documentation:* Serves as a record that proves the legitimacy
of results.

      *Reusability: * Save your ballot templates and reuse them for other
elections.

*Shuffling: *Randomly changes the order of candidates listed on the ballot.

*Cost Savings:* Reduce the costs of printing and mailing ballots. Use email
solicitation, reminders, and validation instead.

*Tallying and Reporting: *Automatically tallies votes and compiles daily
statistical reports.

*Scrubbing*: Identifies ballots that break the election rules.

If you'd like to use an online voting service for your organization's next
election, but are new at using the Internet, Video Professor can teach you
everything you need to know with its hands-on Internet 2004 tutorial. Video
Professor, founded and directed by CEO John W. Scherer, has been the premier
source of computer learning tutorials for the past two decades. The Learn
the Internet tutorial offered by Video Professor is comprise of three
lessons of graduating difficulty. The lessons cover everything from the
basics to advanced Internet skills such as downloading files and graphics.
Video Professor's Learn the Internet tutorial comes in CD-ROM format, or can
be downloaded from the Video Professor website. In the not too distant
future, as electronic voting technologies are perfected, even presidential
elections will make a widespread transition to online voting. That means
you'll never have to stand on long lines to vote during your lunch hour
again. So, why not get stated on learning those top-notch Internet skills
now?

http://www.videoprofessor.com/
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