jimnyc
02-25-2020, 03:51 PM
IMO, all technical issues that may arise can be fixed, and even made better for the future.
But how good is the oversight on the technology? Is their guaranteed access and oversight on all of this? I doubt it.
That's the main issue I have, is the potential for taking advantage in some manner and of course cheating. If folks cheat the other way, then they will look for more ways with this method.
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Pollsters: Technology Has Been a Disaster for Caucuses
In a recent article, Nate Silver’s polling aggregation blog FiveThirtyEight states that tech that was designed to improve the efficiency of caucuses have actually make the process significantly worse, potentially “dooming” caucuses following the Iowa fiasco.
In an article titled “Tech Was Supposed To Improve Caucuses. Instead, It May Have Doomed Them,” FiveThirtyEight outlines how tech that was meant to streamline the caucus process has in fact led to multiple issues for both the Iowa and Nevada caucuses.
FiveThirtyEight’s Kayleigh Rogers writes that technology wasn’t meant to improve transparency, increase participation and streamline the reporting of results, but that’s not what happened:
But there’s one thing Democrats probably weren’t expecting tech would do: highlight so much of what was already wrong with caucuses. Even if the new technology worked flawlessly, the need for these digital tools only underscored the many problems with caucuses, nearly none of which could be solved with an app. Now, there’s an open question about whether caucuses will be part of 2024’s nominating process.
The Democrats’ tech utopianism started with plans in Iowa and Nevada to hold “virtual caucuses,” allowing Democrats who couldn’t attend a caucus in person to cast a ballot remotely by phone. There’s a reason you didn’t hear much about them over the past month — they were kiboshed by the DNC due to security concerns.
But even traditional caucuses were being modernized, which is why you heard all about infamous apps, jammed phone lines and Google forms in the past few weeks. They were high-tech workarounds for some of caucuses’ flaws: they’re not inclusive, they’re not transparent and the complicated math and arcane rules can confuse even the most seasoned of volunteers, opening the door for errors.
Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/02/25/pollsters-technology-has-been-a-disaster-for-caucuses/
But how good is the oversight on the technology? Is their guaranteed access and oversight on all of this? I doubt it.
That's the main issue I have, is the potential for taking advantage in some manner and of course cheating. If folks cheat the other way, then they will look for more ways with this method.
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Pollsters: Technology Has Been a Disaster for Caucuses
In a recent article, Nate Silver’s polling aggregation blog FiveThirtyEight states that tech that was designed to improve the efficiency of caucuses have actually make the process significantly worse, potentially “dooming” caucuses following the Iowa fiasco.
In an article titled “Tech Was Supposed To Improve Caucuses. Instead, It May Have Doomed Them,” FiveThirtyEight outlines how tech that was meant to streamline the caucus process has in fact led to multiple issues for both the Iowa and Nevada caucuses.
FiveThirtyEight’s Kayleigh Rogers writes that technology wasn’t meant to improve transparency, increase participation and streamline the reporting of results, but that’s not what happened:
But there’s one thing Democrats probably weren’t expecting tech would do: highlight so much of what was already wrong with caucuses. Even if the new technology worked flawlessly, the need for these digital tools only underscored the many problems with caucuses, nearly none of which could be solved with an app. Now, there’s an open question about whether caucuses will be part of 2024’s nominating process.
The Democrats’ tech utopianism started with plans in Iowa and Nevada to hold “virtual caucuses,” allowing Democrats who couldn’t attend a caucus in person to cast a ballot remotely by phone. There’s a reason you didn’t hear much about them over the past month — they were kiboshed by the DNC due to security concerns.
But even traditional caucuses were being modernized, which is why you heard all about infamous apps, jammed phone lines and Google forms in the past few weeks. They were high-tech workarounds for some of caucuses’ flaws: they’re not inclusive, they’re not transparent and the complicated math and arcane rules can confuse even the most seasoned of volunteers, opening the door for errors.
Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/02/25/pollsters-technology-has-been-a-disaster-for-caucuses/