Touch Screen to Scanner
Well…the big day is finally here and the sun is peeking out on yet another Presidential Election Day. This one proves to be more historic in nature than most of us have seen in a lifetime.
Election Day never goes by without me thinking about my grandpa. The last time he voted was for Herbert Hoover. His father, in his best broken German, told his young son, “You do down der and you vote for dat Herbert Hoover…he’s a good man.” Pops did as instructed, the country fell into the Great Depression and he NEVER voted again.
After the election debacle in 2000 that cast all eyes on an impotent election system, will Florida again be in the hot seat? (For those of you who haven’t already seen the made-for-HBO movie Recount with Kevin Spacey, currently running on cable, it’s definitely worth watching!)
Is leaving the disastrous touch screen system behind and returning to paper ballots read by a scanner going to produce more accurate results? It’s amazing that the finest example of the democratic process can’t seem to land on a voting system that is foolproof…especially in this age of technology. I have always wondered what area, other than medicine, could be more important for implementing the most advanced technology available.
Rumor has it that a bunch of IRB neighbors…Republicans, Democrats and Libertarians alike…will be watching the election returns tonight at the Red Lion from about 8 p.m. on. The more the merrier…so stop on by.
Nancy Obarski
Beach Trail/IRB
Well…the big day is finally here and the sun is peeking out on yet another Presidential Election Day. This one proves to be more historic in nature than most of us have seen in a lifetime.
Election Day never goes by without me thinking about my grandpa. The last time he voted was for Herbert Hoover. His father, in his best broken German, told his young son, “You do down der and you vote for dat Herbert Hoover…he’s a good man.” Pops did as instructed, the country fell into the Great Depression and he NEVER voted again.
After the election debacle in 2000 that cast all eyes on an impotent election system, will Florida again be in the hot seat? (For those of you who haven’t already seen the made-for-HBO movie Recount with Kevin Spacey, currently running on cable, it’s definitely worth watching!)
Is leaving the disastrous touch screen system behind and returning to paper ballots read by a scanner going to produce more accurate results? It’s amazing that the finest example of the democratic process can’t seem to land on a voting system that is foolproof…especially in this age of technology. I have always wondered what area, other than medicine, could be more important for implementing the most advanced technology available.
Rumor has it that a bunch of IRB neighbors…Republicans, Democrats and Libertarians alike…will be watching the election returns tonight at the Red Lion from about 8 p.m. on. The more the merrier…so stop on by.
Nancy Obarski
Beach Trail/IRB
2 comments:
An eyewitness report from the polls early this morning (Tuesday--Election Day) says the line is already out the door of City Hall and around the corner...so be sure to leave enough time when you go to vote!!
I wonder how much this fiasco of switching from touch to scanner has cost the tax payers, what a joke. I want the Chads, bring back the Chads! Glad to hear the red, blue, libs and indies can enjoy each othes company. I am glad this one is behind us.
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