their vote before you submit it? I tried to do that today but for some reason, the computer would not let me. I even got the nice election lady to show me how to use a computer but she couldn't do it either.
MS Election Question - has anyone ever tried to change...
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their vote before you submit it? I tried to do that today but for some reason, the computer would not let me. I even got the nice election lady to show me how to use a computer but she couldn't do it either.
to submit your ballot - you could tap on the specific race you wanted to change - I did that and it went back to the page where I could change my vote. I tried tapping the person's name and the box next to their name to change my vote but it wouldn't let me. I don't think it was a big deal but it was funny when I saw the results last night and the race that I wanted to change had a difference of double digits.
We spent $100M in Mississippi alone (most of it Federal money) to buyvoting machines because of Florida.We've hurt the process by doing so. Filling in the color in the dot is so easy nobody can screw it up, and even if you do all you have to do is void the ballot and get a new one. Seriously, dawgstudent's a pretty technologically savvy guy. If hehad problems with the computer, you can imaginethe kind of problems a lot of other peopleare having. Hell, the first time I voted on the new machines, it never would print my ballot. The poll worker and I think it counted my vote, but we reallydidn't know.tupelotim said:
One county spent well over a million for electronic voting terminals around 7-8 years ago and spends several thousands a year maintaining the damn things (testing, batteries), and just tossed in another $30-$50 grand bringing in third party tech people to serve as trouble shooters for inevitable "election day technical glitches" and "old fart poll worker blunders." When you think about it, it's an incredibly stupid way to run an election. Let's bring in fancy digital voter terminals with somewhat difficult set-up protocols and let's ask 70 and 80 year old women poll workers to make it happen. We've swapped a lack of confidence in the integrity of the paper ballot system for a different lack of confidence in the integrity of the electronic equipment and the octogenarians being asked to operate it. The only difference? The f'n electronic **** makes elections twice as expensive to run. Just another federal gov't boondoggle.
Had them previously though. Apparently this was the first election without them:
http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/node/5392
In previous elections I had issues with the Next button on the machine not working for the first 15 tries. Yesterday when I voted everything went very smoothly for me for the first time ever.
http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/node/5392
In previous elections I had issues with the Next button on the machine not working for the first 15 tries. Yesterday when I voted everything went very smoothly for me for the first time ever.
in response to the Bush-Gore controversy, electronic voting is a Federal mandate. We can't go back to paper voting without a change in Federal law. And yes, it is an incredibly stupid way to run an election. The old paper ballot where you fill in the circle of the candidate you want to vote for is virtually foolproof. And the system needs to be as foolproof as possible for the reasons you mention.