“Selfie addicts should be penalized in every state for sharing selfies in voting polls.”
Millennial’s and their sick need to document everything to social media is getting out of control. With voting just around the corner, cameras and selfies should be banned from voting polls in the entire county and not just in a few states. People who share pictures of voting material should be persecuted and punished. Specially in the states that still use the old voting machines that are easily hacked.
Taking selfies can have more repercussions in our voting system, than the amount of likes the selfie will receives in social media. According to the article by CBS news called “Hacker demonstrates how voting machines can be compromised ” the Brennan Center for Justice, " found that more than 40 states are using voting machines there that are at least 10 years old."
So, what would be the worst thing happen if someone takes a selfie in the early voting and upload it to social media? Well, In the article it mentions that a way to hack the machines is, “ to get an affordable device off line, that costs 15 dollars and in depth knowledge of the card”(CBS). A selfie or photograph showing the card used for voting can easily give out information needed to manipulate the amount of votes in the machines.
However, hacking is not the only problems selfies can drag. Voters taking pictures could show off their votes to prove they have voted for certain person, and receive money or other benefits for it. In Mexico this problem is visible and is well known to happen. Political candidates buy their votes with money, food stamps or a promise of personal benefits in the future. The only thing needed is a proof of your vote (photograph). This is ridiculous and people with low income find it almost impossible to deny the offer. Their moral does not matter as long as they can support their family. Banning cameras and photographs in the voting polls of every state would prevent this from happening, and it would give the voters liberty to vote for whoever they believe will build a better future for our country and not for a simple benefit.
In my Classmate’s blog, “Selfie addicts should be penalized in every state for sharing selfies in voting polls.” Pablo emphasizes that citizens devalue the duty of voting with their sick need to document everything to social media. he also believes that this should be banned, not only from certain states but nationwide. What people don’t understand is how taking pictures around the voting polls is not only unnecessary and a sign of disrespect, but can also affect the outcomes of the polls and how people vote. The fact that such newer devices can possibly be used around such voting machines that are in a majority of states at the least 10 years old, makes it very easy for hackers to find ways to possibly manipulate such polls. This standpoint that hackers are possibly able to use their phones around the voting machine is a clever reasoning because what people don’t understand is that technology has advanced so much to this point that anything is physically possible, even completely manipulating thousands and thousands of votes. I completely agree with my fellow classmates that prohibiting the use of devices, in general, should be enforced, along with possible punishments to those that don’t listen. not only because of the possibility of endangering the election’s results also because, out of respect and the amount of seriousness, that should be taken that you are voting on a national level, that this is a pretty big deal and our country only votes for president every 4 years. It is very disrespectful and childish to stop and take a “selfie” in the middle of a national duty. When we, as American citizens vote for who we individually believe should be our next leader, our decisions should be personal and not influence anybody else's choice, and at that be taken seriously as a civil duty.
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