WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2001
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Votes would be secured through students' personal identification information — the same codes students use to access grades and e-mail.
Kyle Browning, student body vice president, said online voting would increase turnout and save money. The elections committee would make a final decision in the fall semester. The committee is composed of five to seven people and will be appointed in September by Student Senate Executive Committee chairman Ben Burton.
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Browning said the Student Senate would model its plan after the University of Oklahoma. Students in Norman voted online last spring at a 35 percent turnout rate, doubling the previous year.
By Mark Hansen Kansan staff writer
The system would need to be nimble enough to avoid delays—like the ones that occurred when students accessed grades online for the first time after the spring semester. A system that would email a student voter a ballot after
Browning estimated that online voting would save more than $2,000. He said last year's elections commission, which implemented 11 polling sites, spent about $11,0000. Browning
Online votes are tallied electronically, eliminating paper ballots and recounts.
Hansen can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
Online voting allows extended voting hours. At Oklahoma, students could vote during a continuous 36-hour span.
Browning was unsure whether spending money on a security team was necessary. He speculated that online polls would be open for 48 straight hours and results would be available immediately. Running totals would be locked during the election.
said a vote with online access would need only three polling sites.
he or she logged on would add a double wall of security; but it would delay the server.
However, Braun said he favored online voting because of its safety.
"With any process you'll have people trying to fix the election," he said.
Eric Braun, university affairs committee member, said the University's new encoding system could make it more difficult to track abnormal amounts of votes at a remote terminal, such as a computer at a residence hall or a fraternity or sorority house.
"The first couple of days grades were available, it was almost impossible to log on," Braun said. "It would be a nice error checking device but it may not be feasible."
Hubert said that delays would be possible with online voting, but online ballot stuffing shouldn't happen.
Wes Hubert, associate director of academic computer services, said a student is entered into the system by his or her e-mail user name and password. If students don't have an e-mail account, they can still register an identification.
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