10.1: Is the Internet getting the job done?

As we saw in this last election, the internet may be the "ultimate organizing tool" but it failed to get the vote. While Trippi raised record amounts for Howard Dean over the internet, Rove sat outside churches and scared the bajesus out of Middle America. Dean didn't even win a primary.

The main problem I see is this, the same generation that utilizes technology to its utmost potential is still the generation that is apathetic when it comes to voting as a whole. This will change as we get older and politics will evolve as the needs of the voting constituency changes. By that time, the internet will no longer be "cutting edge" in political organizing but it will be the obvious route to the voting block.

The other interesting thing I found in these readings was the appalling lack of knowledge, credibility and reliability of election officials, evoting companies and the machines themselves. My question is this, if so many people lack of faith in electronic voting why are we pushing it so hard? Who's controlling the full-throttle mentality behind this apparently flawed system? Are why isn't more being done to slow down the process to ensure a "best practices" approach to the entire system?