New Voting Systems Could Cause Problems in Swing States

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The Republican party has engaged in a massive effort to delete as many as possible from voter rolls in minority districts and college towns in key states. They have been working on this for years, and have spent several million dollars this year erasing voters. There will be tens of thousands of people who will be turned away from the polls because they are no longer registered. This will be the big story after the election, but by then it will be too late.
If you are a student or a minority, call your registrar of voters to comfirm your registration today! For more info, do a search of "Greg Palast"

Roger47 of CA 12:18AM October 28, 2008

Why couldn't the electronic machines have touch screens with the faces of the candidates on the screen. Touch the face you want to vote for and then confirm. With other legislation, have the legislation on the screen and if you need help have a video explaining in layman's terms what the legislation means. With all the technology on our hand how hard can this be?

Steffen Strubel of SC 10:50PM October 23, 2008

We're going through this much too early. Isn't the reason early voting is taking place is because of the problems that took place before. If they can't get it right now, just wait until election day. The liberal illuminati will have plenty of people to blame, they're starting early.

Ms. Know of GA 8:29PM October 23, 2008

My sister never received her absentee ballot. She has contacted the Florida Election Commission and nothing has been done to get this ballot to her. My sister is a registered Republican and I am beginning to think the fact that she has insisted and has yet to receive her ballot may be an intentional tactic led by Obama officials.

shelly lynn of OK 12:58PM October 23, 2008

How about asking the Election Commission of India for some advice?
They know how to handle a large number of voters.

Anurag Sinha 10:25AM October 23, 2008

We should return to paper ballots across all states. I suggest looking at the state that has the best and most accurate process and follow that one across the nation.
Computers are great for some things but not for elections. Too easily hacked.
I like Washington State's process where you get a ballot mailed to your home and you fill it out there. You drop it off at a designated location or mail it.
Most will probably drop it off in fear it might get lost in mail. Even dropping off at a polling location would make it so much easier and more efficient. You would think by now, we would have perfected this! It seems like we only had problems when Bush was elected. Since 2000, its been a mess and unreliable!

Kate Lindley of CA 4:03AM October 23, 2008

I voted yesterday in the Florida Panhandle. It was simple if you had not changed addresses in since you registered. One voter in front of me was taken aside because his address differed. I don't know how they worked that out, but he did get to vote. I did not think that they had enough machines to check voter ID's against registration lists, nor enough printers to print ballots. If just one of the two machines in thate polling place had gone out, it would have meant really long waits for people. I hope they have more machines and spares at each poling place in the future, and especially on Nov. 4th.

Colapop of FL 11:39PM October 22, 2008

We voted yesterday at our County Seat in a northwestern (but south of Gary) Indiana county. We showed our picture identification at the Clerk's office. After being checked against the computerized database of registered voters, we were given a sticker with a bar code on it. We then only had to wait for a few minutes outside the "early voting room" and, once in, were greeted by two nice ladies who took our bar code stickers and affixed them to an envelope. They handed us the envelope, explained everything to us and then gave us a paper ballot to fill out, place in the envelope and deposit into a large mail-box like receptacle. The whole thing took a few minutes and we were done, feeling good about ourselves for helping make history and avoiding potential long lines on November 4th. I encourage everyone who can to get out and vote early. It was our first time doing it and hopefully it will become a tradition. It will also leave us the day to help drive other people to the polling places.

UtooSouthZone of IN 10:20PM October 22, 2008

I voted this morning in Palm Beach County and I must say that the process, while not as simple as in the past, was done in a professional manner. A number of checks and balances were evident throughout the process.
Contrary to some reports, the ballot was self explanatory and each voter is given verbal instructions (in addition to the printed instructions) on how to properly mark the ballot.
I left feeling confident that every i was dotted and t crossed in an effort to produce the most accurate recording of my vote. Is it foolproof? No, but it is fool resistant.
My wait time before voting was 1 1/2 hours.

Chris Belcher of FL 8:56PM October 22, 2008

I hope you don't mind a comment from an alien (not quite ET, but close). I don't understand why voting in US national elections is left to the states. That is bound to cause confusion and fiddling. Here in Australia, also a federal system, voting is compulsory, and precisely the same methods following the same national laws are followed everywhere. No worries! We've never had problems such as yours in Florida, of recent memory, which may well have wrongly put George W. in the White House.
We don't use machines, but all paper ballots, counted manually. A bit slower, but much safer.

Dr Allan Healy 8:26PM October 22, 2008