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[Thrash]

Who remembers voting on these and having to pull the slot machine handle when you were done.

 

[ᗅᗺᗷᗅ]

I've never voted on one of those machines, although I've seen them on TV. In my area we always use paper ballots.

[KiWi]

Touch screen baby (both times).

[Dre4mwe4ver]

Please be sure to only touch the voting booths appropriately. Inappropriate touching, unlike slavery, is frowned upon by our founding fathers.

[rotty]

Who remembers voting on these and having to pull the slot machine handle when you were done.

 

with the big red handle

[lennybronx]

i remember going to the booth with my father to vote and using those machines lol

[Manoka]

I voted today :3

 

With a computer!

 

Go Craig stoddart for texas supreme court of appeals!

[CeltSoldierKev]

Yep, I miss those machines.

[ᗅᗺᗷᗅ]

One of the potential issues that could come up with more technologically advanced methods of voting is the possibility of tampering. It turns out, for example, that the manufacturers of the voting machines used in Ohio in 2004 were owned by huge conservative financial interests like the storied Koch bros. So that's kind of suspicious right from the start. Same with online voting — how are we able to verify that the votes Comcast transmits are really the votes that were cast? This requires a level of faith not only in the manufacturers, but at the regulatory bodies that oversee them. One of the reasons Wall Street can get away with so much is because the financial tools they have developed are so complex that few people really understand them. And anyone at any government agency who catches on is quickly offered a seven-figure job. The same thing would happen with the regulatory bodies tasked with overseeing these voting systems. You could never be sure if the vote you cast was actually tabulated.

[*Anastasia]

As a Canadian, what.

 

 

(Also, , but hey, it's Election Day, so whatever.)

[*Anastasia]

But seriously, electronic voting machines are a bad idea.

 

[voidoid]

 

70s and 80s we still had the lever thingies like your picture.  I heard this morning on CNN that some US states are going back to paper ballots due to the lack of confidence in and recountability (word?) of electronic methods.  Progress!

[ᗅᗺᗷᗅ]

Still never seen the lever thingy. We're still on paper ballots (fill in the bubble COMPLETELY!) here in small town Massachusetts.

[Killman4]

I mailed-in my ballot, I've never actually seen a voting booth/station.

[King Biscuit]

Voting since 2002.

Paper ballots only.

Michigan is lame.