Just to highlight how dumb our township election systems are...
I asked the poll worker if they were busy today. They told me no, not really, that I was only the 40-ish person that was in today. (5:00 after work)
I never actually heard about this election, I just so happen to drive by my polling station every day.
Fill in my ballot, go to hand it to the poll worker at the end of the line, and she says " no you have to put it in the machine"
Naturally this upsets me. Mind you, there are 7 poll workers/watchers or whomever in there. So I ask the obvious question, " why do you need a machine to count votes? Seems like a pretty easy task."
The response, with a chuckle - "well thats how we've always done it, but we double check the count when its over."
SO WHY DO YOU NEED A MACHINE TO COUNT TO 40!!*!
Sorry for the rant, it was just stupid on steroids.
Agreed. The whole idea of these multi million dollar contracts for counting machines is absurd. Even in a large city election or a presidential election, lets not get fooled, all they are doing is counting. Give me an abacus and I'll get it done just fine.
Oh, you'll get the same number of total votes when comparing ballots to machine tallies, you just won't get the same number of votes for each candidate.
Also, the vote was only for the county asking for another millage...does anybody else always vote no to giving the government more money, or is it just me? Lol
We've got to get rid of these machines. Oh my goodness!
Liberal logic. Common core at its finest lol
I know, that was what annoyed me most. I dont watch msm, thats probably the only place they are required to inform the public would be my guess...Yeah I've got a group we are going to take this place over in a hurry dont worry.