Yes, of course we voted or, as Oz put it, "closed our eyes and did our wifely duty for the republic."
That's republic with a small "r", thank you very much.
And I really voted with my eyes open so I could see the touch screen. We still had those non-printing electronic machines that I think are a bad idea. I read online where someone said they used an electronic voting machine which printed out a hard copy of their ballot for them to verify which was then dropped into a locked box. Yes, a countable, hard copy backup. A must for any free and fair election. So that if for some reason (like, say, fraud) a candidate happens to receive more votes from a polling station than were actually cast at that polling station, a recount can be performed instead of those votes simply being tossed.
Anyway, I feel like I voted and that's the important thing, right?
160 words | November 7, 2006 10:42 PM | Because I saidThe electronic machines here do have paper confirmation, so Woody's now gotten to vote on her own twice (primary and general). I still use the paper ones, though.....
Posted by: Jonathan Dresner at November 7, 2006 11:46 PMVery cool, as is Hawaii's election day holiday. I hope my district gets paper confirmation someday, but it'll be a while. We'll be using the current machines until they disintegrate.
Posted by: 100 word minimum at November 8, 2006 08:53 AMYes, that IS what is important. That, and other people did too.
Posted by: Ms. Cornelius at November 8, 2006 10:45 PMYes, lots of other people. I was really pleased by the high voter turnouts.
Posted by: 100 word minimum at November 10, 2006 09:08 AM