Karlawish Votes for Ballots on Wheels
With the upcoming Presidential election, Jason Karlawish, from the University of Pennsylvania, says that he's worried that the elderly in long-term care facilities won't get to vote.
In the story from WPTV.com, Karlawish says that "Elderly voters - especially elderly voters who live in long-term care settings - are at the mercy of others when it comes to exercising their right to vote," and therefore a model of mobile polling should be implemented to ensure that all citizens have an opportunity to vote.
Hey, if Australia and Canada do it, why can't we? As long as those certain Diebold machines don't get lost on their way back from the long-term care facility with their paper copies of the ballots and their data are just as secure--who could argue against our eldest citizens exercising our most valued privilege as members of democracy.
Summer Johnson, PhD
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