After more than a year’s worth of public debate and legislative wrangling, students at the University of Florida are finally getting a chance to decide if they’re ready to hold their elections online. In a referendum this week, students will weigh a proposal that would let them vote from any computer on the campus — a far cry from an earlier plan, endorsed by a student committee, that would have required people to cast their ballots via computer at designated locations. (The Gainesville Sun)
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