The Voting Process in Maryland
 

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:42:55 -0500, 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.

On the way out of the voting place, I encountered an exit poller with a
two page questionnaire. Nice guy. He knew more about the damned
electronic machines than the "referee" did.

Oh. I voted for the Democratic candidates for governor, U.S. Senator,
U.S. Representative, County Commissioners, and Sheriff. The Republican
governor here has down nothing of consequence in his entire term, and
the Republican senatorial candidate is Bush's man. Screw both of them!
My Congressman had a "green" party opponent, so he basically was unopposed.



Did they explain why your machines were programmed to vote the Republican
ticket in Northern Virginia?