Is You vote worth more than $150,000

Could the web do the same for politics as it has for human interactions, minimized them to make room for more?

People have elected 'Craigslist' as our tell-all add source. It has quickly become the seventh largest website in the world and threatened the decades old 'newspaper model' into near exctinction. The premise surrounding this phenomenon is power lies within the hands of people. Our maybe it should become our fingertips! We have, collectively, as a society become reliant on the web becuase it gives up instant gratification. I can book trips to Thailand, communicate with a college friend in Borneo, and buy a must-have pair of Airmaxes from Nordstrom all at the same time. Why can't we start polling and maybe more importantly begin voting on the web? Instant gratification of the masses at its finest!

I think we should serisouly begin thinking about bringing votes to the web. Think about how easy it would be if you were checking scores for last nights Knicks game (to know how badly they lost) and a reminder on the page with a link directly to the offical voting page popped up on every page. It would be so easy to vote. 5 minutes and we are out. Why couldnt we do it? Should we really concern hacking, look at Florida, our opinion really does not count in the end?

I think it would make it so much easier to 'harness collective intelligence' of the people with a web-based or web-complement. Why can't we make it to the voting booth once every years? We dont want to wait in line. We dont know where to leave our families. We dont want to make our day more stressfull than it already is. End of Story. We can e-sign loans for $150,000 in education loans on the web why shouldnt we be able to vote. More people would make it to a computer on voting day than to a booth to vote. I am thinking by more than 100%. Could we at least begin taking steps in the right direction?