Asimov sähköisestä äänestyksestä
Luin Effin sähköpostilistalta Isaac Asimovin vuoden 1955 novellista nimeltään Franchise. Novellissa Asimov ennakoi äänestyksen tulevaisuudennäkymiä tietoyhteiskunnassa. Wikipedian mukaan:
In the future, the United States has converted to an “electronic democracy” where the computer Multivac selects a single person to answer a number of questions. Multivac will then use the answers and other data to determine what the results of an election would be, avoiding the need for an actual election to be held.
The story centers around Norman Muller, the man chosen as “Voter of the Year” in 2008. At first he is not sure he wants the responsibility of representing the entire electorate, worrying that the result will be unfavorable and he will be blamed. However, after voting he is very proud that the citizens of the United States had, through him, “exercised once again their free, untrammeled franchise” - a statement that is somewhat ironic as the citizens didn’t actually get to vote.
Tämähän osuu sopivasti kohdalleen, vuosiluvut ja kaikki.
Lue Effin tiedote sähköisen äänestämisen riskeistä.
