Why hasn’t Internet voting caught on? This expert has a nefarious theory.

You wouldn't know it from reading headlines about Utah Republicans' experiment with online voting, but America has actually held statewide online elections before — and arguably, successfully. The first and the biggest happened in Arizona in 2000 at the height of the dot-com bubble. The state's Democratic Party decided to enter the Wild West and hold its primary online. It marked the first time a major public-sector election had been held online in the world, and it drew national and even international attention and controversy. In the end, some 41 percent of Democratic primary voters cast ballots online from outside polling locations. The results were a mixed bag, but a record turnout that doubled from the previous election won over New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, who wrote: "Aside from a few crashed browsers and overloaded servers, the event was a success." But here we are in 2016, where you can order Chinese takeout and stamps on your phone, but voting online is still almost completely nonexistent.