What kind of voting method does your area use?

Meridian has these cardstock ballots that you fill in the middle of the arrow. You are placed in a make shift cubicle with a cardboard divider. You have to use a special pen though. Then you take your ballot over to the counting machine and run it through. Man I miss my LA corrupt touch screens!!

 

In Hodge, LA, we have pulled the lever inside the green voting machine on wheels for as long as I can remember. I remember going with my mom to vote when I was just a little kid and she pulled the lever. 13 years later, I voted for the first time on the same machine.

Of course, in Louisiana, we now have a pretty good, pretty solid election system. We have been burned by rigged elections before and now, after decades of hard work, have a system that functions pretty smoothly. The rest of the country hasn't had our political corruption problems and is just now finding out that their election systems aren't as airtight as they thought.

I simply can't understand why anyone would still use punch-card or paper ballots when there are much better alternatives easily available.

 

I completely agree Jetstorm. But I also found it hilarous that I was marking arrows on a large piece of cardstock.

 

i used to work the polling place in baton rouge (precinct 3.36A). we made the transition from the mechanical machines to the white pushbutton computer ones. they were great and very easy to manage at the end of the day when you have to count up all the machines and finalize everything. they have a cartridge , like a huge atari catridge in the back that holds the votes, and also each machine has a printer that produces a hard copy of the votes. then you make copies of the cartridge, and the paper and send them to different places so no one place can screw with em. then for important races you call the newspaper and read the results before you go home.

it would be very hard to screw up your vote on the machines we used in baton rouge. i believe i will use the same machines in new jersey, i will find out in about an hour. every state should use the same kind of machines we used in baton rouge. they are basically foolproof.

 

Touch screen

 

Aurora, Co (Denver) touch screen but I was told that they were going to have computers next year.

By the way we went in at around 9:30 AM here and luckily we didn't have to wait but
a few minutes to vote.

 

when i first worked the polls years ago, we had those contraptions. they have a huge rod in the back you have to pull to prepare them to use. they are spring loaded and they make a lot of noise. by the end of the day your arm is worn out from pulling that rod for every voter.

the kind they have now in baton rouge, thats the best kind, they use those in new jersey too. they are spectacular, for voter as well as poll worker. i cant understand why florida or wherever doesnt use that kind.

 

Same thing for me batgirl.
We had broken arrows pointing to a candidate, and you had to fill in the middle to make a complete arrow for whomever you were voting for. I think a 2nd grader could figure that out, so hopefully the Dems can as well.