New Jersey lets Sandy victims vote via e-mail

Despite some security concerns, the state announced the change to make it easier for voters who may have been forced by flooding, power outages or other storm damage to temporarily leave their communities. The directive also is intended to help emergency workers who are busy with disaster-relief efforts away from home.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/05/tech/web/new-jersey-voting-email/

[sarcasm]No potential for fraud here...[/sarcasm]

I want every eligible US Citizen to cast their vote, let the majority decide what happens for the next four years. Opening up electronic voting by e-mail? Not secure and ripe for manipulation; Team Chicago?

Under the New Jersey directive, displaced storm victims qualify as "overseas voters," meaning they are eligible to vote remotely. To vote electronically, residents first must submit a ballot application by e-mail or fax to their county clerk. Once the application is approved, the clerk will e-mail or fax a ballot to the voter, who must send it back no later than Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.

In many states, remote electronic voting is already available to members of the military and U.S. citizens living overseas, but this marks the first time that civilian residents in New Jersey have been permitted to vote via e-mail.

Got a problem with it? Talk to the governor.

Kinko's: your copy printing shipping and polling source?

Let them vote. After a week of no water, no food, no heat, no gas and no FEMA or Bloomberg help....well.....I say let them vote.

I predict voting will be way down in New Jersey, the state is already in the Obama camp so no real reason to take the time to go to the polls, especially when gas is scarce and hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity. People would rather work on being comfortable than participate in a beauty contest.

Sidebar: Think Christie will get a bounce from Sandy? (Trying to not sound risque...)