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Election Time

I voted today, Washington Primary.
We now have a top 2 primary, and you don’t have to choose a party – YEAH.
But in our County, there is only one more election where you will be able to stroll up to your neighborhood polling place and cast your vote in person.
Come February 2009 they are going to all mail.
I am not in favor of this move.
I like the voting Event. Especially presidential elections where there is a buzz in the air.
I think voting by mail is ripe for undue persuasion away from the prying eyes of the poll workers.
My two cents.
But 70% of our count already votes by mail (I don’t know if that is how people are registered, or if that is the percentage of those actually voting). We’ll see how it goes.

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2 Responses to “Election Time”

  1. Sam Says:
    August 20, 2008 at 2:14 am | Reply

    I like the Voting Event, too. We now vote on machines with no ballots, and I detest it. Feels wrong. AND: I have no idea if my vote is ever counted. There’s just no way for the voter to know.

  2. jane Says:
    August 20, 2008 at 3:22 pm | Reply

    I like the old style ‘chunk-chunk’ voting machines. with the curtains, little switches and the big arm to finish the ‘event’ with a satisfying ‘chunk’. and typically a gray haired lady standing off to the side doing something with a small piece of paper.

    hmmm. probably shouldn’t say that since it seems both sisters are involved in the election process, and aren’t anything like the old gray haired ladies I recall…… yet. 😉

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