[CTS] Re: Please do not forget to vote today!!
- From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 22:01:08 -0600
Oops, these people are affecting me! 1200 in 12 hours is 100 per hour, about
1.5 per minute - still too many for a single machine that's prone to break
down, reboot, etc. Caught that, whew.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Russ Blakeman
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:50 PM
> To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [CTS] Re: Please do not forget to vote today!!
>
>
>
> Here's a typical example of why people make fun of those in rural areas as
> "hayseeds", "hicks", etc...
>
> We live in a town of 800, with the unincorporated area around it
> also voting
> at the same place. The machines are electronic with a motor to roll paper
> around for write-ins and a touch pad for balloted votes. The total
> population of registered voters is around 1500. There are 12 hours, 6am to
> 6pm, to vote in. Say 1200 eligible voters show in that 12
> hours...that's 200
> per hour divied by 60 minutes per hour, or 3.5 voters PER MINUTE.
> Guess what
> we have at our polling place - ONE MACHINE and ONE SPARE. When they opened
> at 6am the primary machine was DOA and they spare became the primary. The
> primary machine broke once per 30 minutes all day long, average 10 minutes
> to get the machine back on and usable. Yada, yada, yada - you get
> the idea.
> I was lucky enough to get in after they swapped the primary DOA with the
> spare at 6:05am
>
> Well my wife went at 10:30am - at noon she was 5 people away -
> BROKE again.
> They had the one tech across the county with yet another broken
> machine and
> she had an appointment so she left to come back. I went back with her at
> 3:15pm....she finally got her 12 seconds of glory at 6:35pm with
> 200 others
> that hadn't voted still there waiting that had come before the doors wrre
> locked at 6:00pm exactly. It's now 9:45 pm and they still have 25
> people to
> let vote since the machines have locked up or in other ways
> broken every 30
> mins or so. The amchine is not worn out by any means either - the
> mechanical
> counter that shows total votes in the machine's life only had 3300 on it
> when she voted, and the LED for votes since today's poll started
> was 975. Go
> figure - 4.5 hrs to vote for 12 seconds.
>
> Many people got pissed and left - what a shame. We may end up with one of
> the people that have no business running get into an office
> because 10 or 15
> people left and didn't vote, despite goingt hrough all the trouble to get
> out and give it a shot.
>
> I'm applying for absentee next time around and voting at home, by mail, 2
> weeks in advance. I qualify with my job being so flexible and a
> service call
> possibly being away. This screwed up system will not keep me from
> voting but
> I will find an easier way...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John
> > McLaughlin
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:06 PM
> > To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [CTS] Re: Please do not forget to vote today!!
> >
> >
> >
> > I have not gone to a polling place for about 6 years. The
> "vote by mail"
> > ability in Arizona allows one to get the ballot early and
> > actually research the
> > little known candidates for school boards, county and state
> > positions (who knows
> > anything about a state mine inspector) and the sometimes very
> > weird propositions
> > that voter signatures have placed on the ballot. One will allow medical
> > marijuana to be sold by the state highway patrol from their
> > confiscated stocks.
> > If nothing else, purity of product will be hard to guarantee!
> >
> > I dislike a lot of things about what we do in this country, but
> > most of all I
> > hate to hear whining from folks who don't vote and claim their
> > vote does not
> > make a difference. Where your vote really does not make a
> > difference, like
> > Iraq, you pretty much have to vote and sign your ballot. Otherwise.....
> >
> > John on the low desert of Arizona - 80 degrees today!
> >
> > Russ Blakeman wrote:
> >
> > > Hard to forget that it's voting day, those that don't generally
> > don't have
> > > much a good excuse why they didn't either. I was #4 at poll
> door at 6am
> > > here.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> > Eric C. Vogel
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:50 AM
> > > > To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [CTS] Please do not forget to vote today!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Please do not forget to vote today!!
> > > >
> > > > Michigan Links
> > > > www.mlive.com (See Governor debate in Grand Rapids)
> > > > www.michigan.gov (State of Michigan portal site. Won major
> > awards. No more
> > > > www.state.mi.us/sds/d/sd/sd/s/ds/ds/d/s/d)
> > > > www.michigan.gov/sos (Secretary of State)
> > > > www.sospublius.org (Ran by SOS see where to vote and see the
> > ballot. Note
> > > > you may not see city proposals. You can find some Bios and
> > campaign funds
> > > > from somewhere. Maybe the state??)
> > > > http://www.lwvmi.org League of Woman Voters of MI (Great guide to
> > > > find info
> > > > for smaller candidates.)
> > > >
> > > > National Links
> > > > www.dnet.org A little slow.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you,
> > > > Eric Vogel
> > > >
> > > >
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