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Well-meaning amateurs frequently propose "simple" (technological or not) "solutions" to voting that are well understood to be impractical or fail to meet the many complex requirements. Time learning about the requirements is well-spent if you're serious about contributing.
Two concrete suggestions:
1. Study the Nation Academies report very carefully. It's excellent. nap.edu/catalog/25120/…
2. Sign up to become a pollworker in your county.
If you don't, don't be surprised when the elections community reacts to you as if you're wasting their time.
1. Study the Nation Academies report very carefully. It's excellent. nap.edu/catalog/25120/…
2. Sign up to become a pollworker in your county.
If you don't, don't be surprised when the elections community reacts to you as if you're wasting their time.
I don't want to discourage anyone's energy here, but you need to do your homework if you want to be taken seriously. Learn how elections work, what the problems are, what the requirements are, what's been done before. And be prepared to explain your ideas in that context.
Try to remember that it's not the job of the people actually doing real work in this area to spend their time explaining why the same ideas aren't practical over and over to every newcomer who re-invents them. It's not personal, but people's time is finite.
