So what does it say about us as a nation, when we wake up in the morning to hear instructions about what to do if your polling place has problems with their voting machines? I mean... it's not like they're used every day, every week, every month... even. How is it, that they have so many problems with these machines?
I was the first person again, to enter the polling place in my district this morning... only to find that the voting machine wasn't working. I was instructed to use the Emergency Ballot and I filled the first one out wrong and had to tear it up because it isn't aligned like the ballot that we receive in the mail. So... you really have to pay attention. Folks who speak/read English as a second language may have problems too... but that's what the polling place judge is for.
It was a quirky process where I had to walk to one side of the room to get the paper ballot, then go to the other side of the room to sit behind a cardboard shield to fill it out. Then they forgot to give me the envelop to put it in.... so the woman got up and searched for the envelopes.... meanwhile, 3 people walked in and when they were told that they have to fill out an Emergency Ballot, 2 of them walked out.
And this is a huge problem, because a lot of folks will not make it back after work to vote. What a shame.
Here's some NJ voting info..... Hope it works out better for the rest of you folks! :)
http://www.866ourvote.org/tools/documents/files/NJ-FAQ.pdf
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Voting.shtml
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