We can support candidates with a text, participate in polls, even register to vote online, but we still can't vote that way — which might be good news.

The State of Washington's elections office is working with Microsoft to allow voters to register via social networking giant Facebook.

Elections come and go and many issues change, but one seems to remain: electronic voting. Two years ago, four years ago, eight years ago — the story's been about the same: the machines don't seem ready for primetime, but we're using them anyway.

Commentator and economist Patrick Anderson puts that theory to the test.

Convenient, yes. Secure? Far from it.

"I'd prefer not to register to vote"