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On 10/23/2014 5:36 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/23/14 5:27 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:27:05 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/23/2014 1:09 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:00:47 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 10/23/14 12:52 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:14:50 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"

wrote:

... ya gotta love it ...

Republican Illinois state House candidate Jim Moynihan was taken
aback
Monday when he intended to cast a vote for himself and the
touch-screen
voting machine instead cast a vote for a Democrat.

“While early voting at the Schaumburg Public Library today, I
tried to
cast a vote for myself and instead it cast the vote for my
opponent,”
Moynihan told the Illinois Review. “You could imagine my surprise
as the
same thing happened with a number of races when I tried to vote
for a
Republican and the machine registered a vote for a Democrat.”

Accordingly his faith in the balloting system of Cook County has
been
shaken, the Illinois Review reported.

While using the machine, Moynihan voted in various races on the
ballot
and noticed that whenever he voted for a Republican the machine
registered a vote for the Democrat opponent. He alerted the election
judge and demonstrated the error. Eventually, Moynihan was
allowed to
vote for himself and other Republicans.

“Clearly, I am concerned that citizens will be unable to vote for
the
candidate of their choice, especially if they are in a hurry and
do not
double check their ballot,” Moynihan said. “I cannot say whether
or not
this was intentional, but Cook County voters deserve better and
should
not have their right to vote suppressed.”

If this happened in Florida it would be a national story, not
something buried on an obscure boating news group.
I just watched 2 hours of TV news and didn't see a thing about it.

Voter suppression in Republican states is more sophisticated...shut
down
polling places where students vote, cut back voting hours and days
that
make it easier for blacks to vote, et cetera.

That is all bull****.
If you want to vote, request a mail in ballot and you can vote without
ever putting your pants on or setting down the bong.

There are early voting places all over the county with very flexible
hours.

It has never been easier to vote in Florida

I don't think the mail in ballots even require postage.

That is right, postage paid envelope in the package.
and once you register for a mail in ballot you have the opportunity to
check a box and get a ballot automatically in the mail for every
subsequent election, in case you forget there is one.

The idea that voting is hard or even obstructed in any way is simply
ludicrous. If anything, it is too easy.

You're leaving off the other half of voting...registration.

Oh Ya, the hard part.