Harry Krause wrote:
On 11/7/2006 5:45 PM, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
On 11/7/2006 3:16 PM, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
We have those damned electronic voting machines in Maryland, the
ones that do not provide any printed record of your vote.

I asked the polling "referee" why I should trust these machines to
produce an honest count, and she said, "Well, I feel secure about
them."

To which I responded, "What are your credentials? Who are you? Why
should I trust you?" She really had no answers that were satisfactory.
Why would you become confrontational with someone who has no
decision making authority? She is a very nice volunteer, who was
laughing at you as soon as you walked away. Even if she agrees with
your assessment, she was laughing at your behavior.


No, she wasn't, because at least five other people around me were
asking her the same questions.

Perhaps you take the voting process lightly. I don't.

She was laughing at your inability to make speak your displeasure
about the voting machines in an effective manner. You asking a poll
volunteer "What are your credentials? Who are you? Why should I trust
you?" makes as much sense as screaming at the moon, both of them are
just as effective in changing the voting process. Perhaps if you did
take the voting process seriously, and really wanted to make a change,
you would realize how completely ineffective your confrontational
behavior is and so something that would make a difference. My guess
is you enjoy the confrontation, and really don't care if they change
the machines.


You assume the woman was a "volunteer." She was not. She introduced
herself as a "supervisor" from the state board of elections, and was
wearing a state ID nameplate. We had some serious problems during the
primaries some weeks ago, and the board of elections caught hell.

Perhaps you ought to have a few facts on hand before you drool in here,
hey?

Perhaps you should understand that yelling and asking them "What are
your credentials? Who are you? Why should I trust you?" , at anyone
during the voting process has no effect on the system, no matter what
their position is. The fact that you do not realize this will make you
completely ineffective campaigning for anything you believe in.