Harry Krause wrote:
On 11/7/2006 6:15 PM, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
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.


Where did you get the idea I was yelling, d.f.? The woman was a
representative of the state; she damned well better know what she is doing.

My guess: you didn't vote in this election. You're a watcher, not a do-er.

I did vote, and I know asking a supervisor "What are your credentials?
Who are you? Why should I trust you?" while they are supervising an
election in process will do nothing. The fact that you continue to try
to justify your behavior shows how out of touch with how "do'er" get
things done. Hint- they way you did it isn't the way.