I hate the idea of e-voting. I like going to the ballot box and placing my cross on the paper. I think it gives it more of a sense of occassion. I really hate the way the 'theatre' of elections has been watered down. I don't mean the lying (sorry acting) of politicians...that's alive and well:P But the whole business of balloons and badges and people with loudspeakers driving round towns playing music and generating excitement. We're in danger of over sanitizing elections in my country, I think. There's room for excitment and tradition.
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