Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Time off from work to vote

[Shawn Parker <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

on a side note, my stock in sharpie doubled this quarter...  :)

Shawn Parker wrote:

> i can't believe that in the 2004, i used a sharpie marker and a piece 
> of paper to pick the leader of the free world.  you would think by 
> now, we would have some form of stable electronic voting system nation 
> wide.  come on, we can land a guy on the moon and probe mars....but i 
> still need to use a sharpie to vote?
>
> Michael wrote:
>
>> I just went to vote here. 11:30am and the place was almost empty. I 
>> didn't have to wait in line at all. I voted for a republican, a 
>> democrat, and three libertarians. Now if only I had cable I could 
>> watch and see if everyone else agrees with me. What are the odds? ;)
>>
>> The voting machine I used was shit ugly but easy enough to use. It 
>> was electronic but seems something from the days of lore. There was 
>> more than decently helpful staff that kindly told me how to use the 
>> machine. My only real complaint was that it had no way for me to 
>> write in a name should I not want to vote for one of the choices the 
>> machine offered. Sorry Weird Al, I couldn't vote for you. It was kind 
>> of quaint that before I could use the machine a technician had to 
>> hand toggle some sort of switches to set what area I was voting from.
>>
>> -- 
>> Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
>> http://kavlon.org
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Shawn Parker
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