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in this era of mobile devices and cloud computing voting is a rare hold out which unlike banking and shopping hasn't migrated to the Internet some say it's only a matter of time before all Americans cast ballots online we're seeing it in other parts of the world Estonia is allowing citizens to vote online and states are starting to experiment with voting online unions are allowing their members to vote online the technology is getting smarter the security is getting better besides the potential benefits including increased efficiency greater ballot counting accuracy and higher voter turnout voting technology could improve civic engagement but online voting must first overcome very valid concerns how do you prevent hacking and fraud someone takes money out of your bank and the banks at full will put the money back in I mean banks haven't have insurance or self insure they have processes in place but if an election is hacked we don't really have a way to undo it while we may not be voting online anytime soon there are ways technology is changing the voting experienced my fair election calm lets you report on conditions at your polling location like irregularities or broken machines at turbo vote calm you can register to vote and receive reminders via text or email on Election Day it will take more than sophisticated security software and clever apps to change a centuries-old voting process but greater voting engagement is a big win no matter what your political leanings in San Francisco I'm Sumi das cnet.com for CBS News