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Originally Posted by D-FENS
I got to my polling station at 6:45 and no one was there. Finally at 7:10 an older gentlemen came out to tell me that the polls were not working and that I should come back. I declined and waited until 7:45 and finally they opened the doors and said I could "try voting" but they weren't sure.
The election worker gave me a ticket stub before I voted and then I made my way to the touchscreens. I made my votes and didn't vote on retention of some judges. There was no way to verify my vote on paper.
All-in-all, I have no confidence that my vote will be recorded properly. I have no faith in electronic, non verifiable voting machines.
I'm a little disappointed. I *really* have no confidence in the method and process which was used.
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i am a judge of election at the polls, i go to the training courses they have on the new machines, and i can verify, most of the poll workers are, in fact, at least mildly retarded. next time i would get the number for the county board of elections and call them if your having these problems, at the least, they'll send someone to straighten them out that knows how the machines work.
our county has the electronic one too, as far as a paper trail, the machine has a "0's sheet" printed in the morning, to verify there are no votes on before the election we are there to oversee the machines all day, and at the end of the night there is a final tally receipt that comes out w/ all the totals, like a register recipt, so there is actual record of what was voted, for any malfescence, the local election board themselves would have to tamper w/ the machine, and i dont think most are capible, frankly. so, barring actuall machine problems/glitches, it should be pretty secure.
your county may vary, though