#150

[avram]

I was voter #150 in my ward.

New Jersey (or at least Hudson County) uses electronic voting machines, but at least they're not touch-screens. There's a paper ballot fastened over a panel with lights and switches. When I pressed the square for my choice, I could feel a physical switch engaging behind the paper, and a little green X lit up behind my choice. When I was done, I hit the big red button below the panel, and that was it.

The downside is that I think my votes was still recorded electronically. Don't these people know you can't trust electronic recording of votes? Haven't they heard of wave-particle duality and quantum tunneling?! My vote could be smeared into some indeterminate third-party state!

No matter what, here's a reason to be happy.

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[dglenn.livejournal.com]

Same machines here in Baltimore (unlike the rest of Maryland). Used those last time as well. Pretty straightforward interface, but I really wish I knew more about what happens after I push the "complete vote" button. Have not heard of problems with these particular machines, but still nervous about electronic voting in general. (It can be done reasonably. I'm not sure whether anyone is doing so yet.)