jfb | (no subject)

Well, I voted. I voted touchscreen. Strangers on the street know this about me now. Every year I vote, and every year I get a sticker that says I VOTED, and every year I wear it, because hey, I'm proud to be in a country that mostly functions as a democracy. This year the stickers say I VOTED TOUCHSCREEN, and I'm not really proud of the touchscreen part, because I think the rush to new technology is ill-considered, and anyway, who cares what mechanism I used to vote? I don't remember I VOTED PUNCHCARD stickers. I hope Diebold paid for the stickers. But I wore it anyway. I guess I can take it off now.

(Update: Diebold didn't make the machines in Santa Clara County. I don't know who did.)

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I VOTED PLASTIC MEMBRANE WITH LED's AND PAPER OVERLAYS.

The machine was guarded by a sullen college-age kid reading a trashy novel.The senior citizen voter registration check folks sure were surly this year.

The ones at my polling place didn't seem surly so much as confused by the presence of someone who wanted to vote. Guess it was kind of a slow day.