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.