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Just curious if you voted Nov 2, and if you liked the new system.
My personal opinion- I liked the old way much better! Here i felt like a schoolkid filling in the bubbles (i was surprised there was no #2 pencils there…) And the print was too small! How about you?
I voted twice.
I liked the old system better.
I think this way is much simpler, however, takes much longer.
And yes, the print was very small but they did have magnifying sheets there if you wanted.
And Im so glad the Republicans are taking over!!
The old system was simpler and faster. Why did Bush and the Republican Congress force us to fix something that wasn’t broken?
Ben Torah- why twice?
charlie:
Because it was cheaper than fixing other unbroken things 🙂
I voted. I’m waiting for the day that its all touchscreen. The voting is so low tech. Makes you wonder about why everything else in the govt is so messed up.
Blinky,
I think that’s illegal but we won’t tell anyone.
WIY – It isn’t illegal to have someone assist you in voting.
smartcookie – I wanted it to really count.
Early & Often.
I assume you mean the new ballots in NYC?
The old system was simpeler, now you cant even check on the screen for whom you voted.
Doesn’t everyone vote twice? Once in the primary and once in the general.
Vote often
Vote early
for James Michael Curley
– Campaign ditty of former Boston mayor.
I have voted in every election since 1979 or so, save for one primary election.
Now, your voting record is public record – not what or whom you voted for, but whether you voted. Today, campaigners try to correlate this information and target the sure voters.
I believe this year I was tagged as a Supervoter. I was getting 10-12 campaign messages a day on the phone, and stacks of mail from every candidate.
Blinky, my mother used to take me to vote when I was a boy. We had those fancy voting machines, with a curtain and levers and everything. It was great fun and made me feel important when she would let me pull the lever to close the curtain.
I think that’s why I never miss an election.
I went around 10 AM. It wasn’t too busy and it was very simple and easy. I don’t see why people were making such a fuss about the new machines.
ronrsr: …when I was a boy…
Did something change?!?!?!
He probably grew up.
Ben Torah, no it is perfectly acceptable to have someone assist you. Many people with disabilities need assistance, and many people vote ahead of time, in the comfort of their homes these days. Who is going to stop them?
dear d a,
you remind me of a bumpersticker from the 1970’s:
The difference between
Men and boys
is the price
of their toys.
Ron – that’s what I had said.
ronrsr, thats good!
However, go to the toy stores today and you’d see its not true anymore!
I will never live down voting for Hoover. Worst white president ever.
Dear Blinky,
I will pass your praise on to my mother when I see her this weekend.
We have a 17-year old boy from Russia living with us for two years, and I took him with me to vote in the September primary & last Tuesday and watch me fill in the bubbles. I’m hoping he’ll pick up the same habit.
I am thinking now how I can turn being a “Supervoter” to my advantage.
In the next election cycle, I would expect that any candidate who wishes my vote would come by and clean out the gutters on my house by October 31st.
Yes, I voted.
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