participatory democracy, or OH GOD WHERE ARE MY PANTS

[rone]

By the time Kim and i went there, they were out of paper ballots.  The helpful, older ladies seemed perplexed by my Luddite resistance to the touchscreen.  I selected all NOs and swore to myself, "Next time, absentee ballot, dummy!"

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[dpk.livejournal.com]

I'm totally against the touchscreen machines, too. I suspect it's for similar reasons. (Diebold, the company that can barely read my ATM card, is to be trusted with voting?!)

Of course, absentee ballots are not perfect either. Our absentee ballots are sorted by a company called "Postal Services of Washington, Inc", a company that periodically employs felons, instead of by .. let's say, the US Post Office (novel concept!).

King County is big on the Diebold machines, too. We're all sorts of screwed up here.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Hey, what's wrong with felons? They've paid their debt to society, let the guys work! Sheesh.

The USPS is privately owned now, isn't it?

[dpk.livejournal.com]

Felons are great people. Who isn't a felon? I just don't think they should be involved in the basically unaudited business of sorting ballots. Especially when they were convicted of crimes like embezzling.