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lsubatgirl04 · Nov 2, 2004

I guess after experiencing touch screen I'm just shocked that the methods the cavemen used are still in place!

tirk · Nov 2, 2004

touch screen but let me add I think my vote was weighted more heavily with the old machines. I think my vote now goes into an espn poll and forgotten.

StaceyO · Nov 2, 2004

Up here in Plano, we have touchscreens, but I didn't like how they were out in the open. Anybody could look over your shoulder and see your votes. I, too, remember going "behind the curtain" with my parents in the old voting booths in Louisiana. I voted in those myself a number of times before leaving for Texas.

Bengal B · Nov 3, 2004

red55 said:

We have the new computer voting machines in BR, now. It looks just like a big white poster with all of the voting information printed on it, but when you touch a box, it lights up a green arrow and registers the vote.

I kind of miss the old heavy mechanical voting booths of my youth, They were noisy, Rube-Goldberg devices with 200 switches on the panel, most of which were disconnected. You flicked down all of the switches that were labeled for your candidates and pulled a big handle when you were done and all of the switches popped back into place and the curtain snapped open while a bell ringed. They were peculiar machines and made you feel like you had done something important.

The new machines are like an ATM. No style, but they are probably a lot cheaper and easier to maintain.
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I like the old machines better too. Noise! Bells Ringing! You knew your vote had counted. Now its like voting on an internet poll.

goldengirlfan · Nov 10, 2004

Paper ballot with #2 pencil. Pretty funny after using Louisiana's voting machines for so many years. I guess I assumed machines were used everywhere. Not so. :shock: