E-democracy

I agree with what Sergio Ferguson said under his "however" column. The number of people educated enough to be able to handle an e-government would be few, therefore not many people would be equally represented. Our technology might be able to handle having an e-government, but with very many complications. Viruses and spam being just a few. And, it is true that security is never a given. There is and always will be a way that someone or multiple someones could hack into a system and alter the information. Also, the government cannot afford to ensure that the public is equally represented. We would have to make sure that the majority of voters have a computer (or like object) to cast their vote on, and there is a wide range of people that don't have access to said device. Therefore, the government would probably have to raise taxes to make sure everyone can get a computer, which just digs our economy into a bigger hole. All in all, it's a negative thing. Our system already has enough trouble. Leave it as it is.