California Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-19th) has introduced a bill that would, well, it’s short so you can read for yourself what it would do:
SECTION 1.
It is
the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the
Secretary of State to implement a pilot program whereby a county may enable
voters to vote via the Internet.
Etopia News spoke today with Shannon Bushey, Santa
Clara County Registrar of Voters, and Cathy Darling Allen, Shasta County
Registrar of Voters, about this bill.
Ms. Bushey
said that there wasn’t enough information in the bill as it now is for her to
say how she feels about it. She said she
couldn’t comment on the substance of the bill because there wasn’t enough
substance to it.
Ms. Allen was
even less supportive, saying “I don’t know if we’re at the point to move
forward on Internet voting.”
She hinted
that AB 19 itself might not pass, saying, “I don’t know how likely it is to
move ahead.”
Asked directly
if she would want a state-mandated Internet voting trial in her county, she answered,
“No.,”
These comments follow by one day this statement from Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley about an Internet voting trial as envisioned by AB 19: "It's probably not something we'll be interested in doing."
These comments follow by one day this statement from Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley about an Internet voting trial as envisioned by AB 19: "It's probably not something we'll be interested in doing."
