ONLINE ELECTRONIC VOTING

Voting online is an idea who's time has come. In the electronic age there's no good reason to deny using it. Becker and Poliakoff , a prominent Florida law firm, are promoting its use for condo and home owner associations. you can read their article about it  HERE . Electronic voting over the internet and initiating one vote per unit in Century Village would bring a fresh new approach to not only the election of officers, but also to the passing of motions that are usually dealt with at the delegates assembly. In short: Electronic voting would give everyone a vote in Century Village affairs. 
We can look forward to a hearty opposition to this idea, objections are already being heard by those who want to keep elections the way they are conducted now. " Electronic voting is not fair" they cry, " not everyone has a computer, so a lot of people won't be able to vote" That's not a valid objection. On election day it would be a simple matter to put a few computers in the clubhouse and use them to allow access for those not having a computer. 
"How do we know and how do we verify the people voting over the internet, anyone could place a vote" is another objection.
Becker and Poliakoff are offering a system that is approved for voting. It has safeguards that make it just as safe as any form of voting.Though there are no guarantees , the same could be said about any system of conducting elections.
" How could you get people to vote on motions at the delegates assemblies, there's no way to see what's going on in real time." 
That's true, but initiating a live streaming broadcast , which is a simple and easy way to go live on the internet would solve that problem.It's become so easy to do that kids are live streaming all kinds of stuff from their smart phones.
We heard a lot of hyperbole about moving Century Village into the 21st Century during the campaign to get village wide WIFI .  That idea was scuttled by the delegates. Moving into the future would become a reality if Evoting  is adopted . 
The way CV elections are conducted now is not reflecting the true picture of the wishes of all residents. Just because a delegate votes this way or that way doesn't really mean that everyone the delegate represents is in agreement. Then there's the problem of absentee delegates.
 The only way to get the true picture and a real representation  is to institute universal voting,  the only way that can be accomplished is by instituting Evoting.