Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y'

According to a recent, sensational survey from Samsung Mobile, 61 percent of lazy, distracted, and impossibly ignorant cellphone users over the age 18 say they would be comfortable casting their vote for President of the United States via a text message. Meanwhile, the totally serious and meaningful survey found that eight in ten (or 80 percent) of teens under the legal voting age would use their mobile devices to cast a ballot in the election. Additionally, Samsung Mobile discovered that 90 percent of cellphone users would like an ice cream cone, while another 87 percent would like an ice cream cone only after eating a quarter-pounder with cheese. Soon Samsung Mobile hopes to determine what percentage, if any, of the people surveyed know who is running for the office of president.

[DonaldMick Posted Apr 21st 2008 7:40PM]

I was tempted to make a "I, for one, welcome our (redacted) overlords" comment, but I can't think of an appropriate description to fill in the blank with.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 21st 2008 9:38PM]

What is the option for Ron Paul???

[Ethan Posted Apr 21st 2008 9:01PM]

It's an obamanation.

....I'm sorry.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 21st 2008 9:15PM]

I would rather vote by text then goto that nasty, moldy church where I'm registered.

[Calvin Foo Posted Apr 21st 2008 9:40PM]

Vote for Walter! :)

[Zorque Posted Apr 21st 2008 10:11PM]

News flash: 61% of the population is stupid. Isn't that just slightly higher than the percent that re-elected Bush?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2008 12:01PM]

And, why again do we have the government we have today?

[youfacethetick Posted Apr 22nd 2008 12:02AM]

Nope. I get my cell phone paid for by my company, have unlimited web access and I will not accept or send SMS. Screw that. Use the internet like a normal person, otherwise don't bug me with half-assed, dimwitted text messages. L8tr...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2008 12:11AM]

OK

[JeffM Posted Apr 22nd 2008 3:06AM]

Sure, if they could verify the authenticity of those voting- so I guess in short no.

Interesting idea though...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2008 1:07PM]

I'm interested to know how this survey was conducted. If Samsung Mobile was running it, it seems safe to assume that it was a text message survey or at least a survey of cell phone owners. Obviously this will skew the results. People that are responding to text message surveys would be far more likely to support text messaging for elections.

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2008 1:26PM]

I'm quite surprised at the negative response for the concept (vote via cell phone).

Have the 'nay' sayers analyzed the benefits?

Convenience: It's beyond my understanding how someone could oversee the huge convenience of this concept.

Financial impact: Can you imagine how much money the government will save - no ballout officials, vote counters, etc.? That money can go back into the tax-payers pocket or be utilized for a more deserving cause.

Productivity: Improved productivity since no one would need to miss that day of work which otherwise they would need to go vote in person!

Accuracy: We would do away with re-count; a machine (computer) is way more accurate than a human being counting ballots.