Blog 6: Solution to Selfies

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.