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In VotingNews Briefs #11, "Unscientific Polls on e-thePeople.org Show a Majority of Respondents Favor Remote Internet Voting and More than a Third Support Smart Initiatives," November 18 , 2003, (VotingNews Briefs#11), it was reported that 37% of the 57 respondents participating in an electronic survey on the e-the People website wanted to be able to use the Internet to remotely sign official petitions, such as initiatives, referenda, or recalls, like the one that recently served to replace Gray Davis with Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California.

That particular poll closed on November 20th, and by the time it had, another 30 people had voted, possibly in some cases encouraged to do so by the report in VotingNews Briefs #11. The final results? With an increase of more than half in total participants, the closing totals showed that 47%, or almost half, of the voters wanted to be able to use the Internet to officially sign official direct democracy documents such as initiatives, referenda, and recalls.

Governor Schwarzenegger, already involved in what may be a losing battle with the Democratic-controlled California State Legislature to repeal SB60 ("Legalizing the Undocumented Through the DMV," on the California Politics Today website), the bill that gives undocumented immigrants the right to get a driver's license, might want to consider just how popular "Smart Initiatives" and "Smart Referenda" (and even "Smart Recalls") might be as he struggles to get his way with the disproportionally-Democratic legislature on SB60, Workman's Compensation, the budget and other conflicts that are certain to arise during his term of office.

Look at the final results of the e-thePeople poll on remote official petition signing at:

e-thPeople poll on Smart Initiatives

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