Super U Podcast | Presidential Election + Mobile Voting
You asked, he answered. In this episode, Equalman answers your top question about the election… why don’t we have mobile voting yet? It’s 2024, and we still don’t have the option to vote online. Why? We have the technology, and a strong case can be made that it could greatly benefit our voting process. It would certainly remove friction. Mobile voting is not a question of if, it’s a question of when. Dive in and find out why.
How to vote: vote.gov
Need a sneak peek? Below are the main takeaways from the episode.
Episode Preview:
“Why can’t we vote on the internet in the United States of America? And it wasn’t just today that I came up with this question. I wrote my first book Socialnomics back in 2009 I said that mobile voting would happen. I thought it would be here today. That’s think about that, that’s 15 years ago. We haven’t gotten to that point, and so that’s 15 years I thought for sure if you just say Erik in the book, you talk about mobile voting in 2024 will we build a vote electronically, on the internet, or through our phone for the President? I would have said absolutely. But things are slow until they are fast. So the question today is, why can’t we vote on our phones? And when I say can’t I don’t mean from a technological perspective, certainly, the technology exists, but why don’t we vote on our mobile devices in the United States? So as you know, I love research, so I decided to research this exact question to figure out for our great listeners, and also for myself. Why not? Why can’t I just get up in my pajamas and vote or vote in the weeks ahead on my mobile device? Make it a little easier on everybody, and increase the voting percentage. And what I’ve come up with in my research, what I’ve discovered is what I call The Great Eight. So I’m gonna go down this list very fast, very quick, of the eight reasons why people don’t people bring us individuals, could be the government, why we don’t have mobile voting.
- Cyber security risks.
- Privacy risks. Number
- Lack of trust and trust in the system. Does it actually work?
- Fear of fraud and identity theft.
- New technology anxiety that exists anytime we do something new.
- Limited customer service. In case there’s an issue. Can you imagine if there’s an issue? When you’re voting, who would you rely on? How long would you have to wait on hold? If you’ve ever had to deal with the IRS, you can only imagine what that looks like.
- Disparities in access to technology, mean some people have access to it, some people don’t. If you don’t have a phone of a computer, people with a phone or computer have an unfair advantage in terms of the ease in which they can vote.
- Concern of [the] voting percentage is going from roughly 55% to 95%.
Now, as you can imagine these great eight are indeed valid concerns for mobile voting. However, here’s the rug pull, here’s where I get you. So all of these, with the exception of number eight, all of these I just listed all of these top seven reasons on why we’re not going to do this are actually the same concerns on why we would never pay with our credit card online. Hello, 1996! …and how did that play out?”
5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind the Harry Potter series.
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