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November 7, 2006
Election Day
I voted this morning and this was my first time using a Diebold electronic voting machine. The calibration was a bit off so that I had to aim a bit below each button, but the machine did present me with an opportunity to physically inspect a printed backup ballot. All in all I would discribe it as neat, even efficient and practical, not withstanding very real problems with the security and accuracy of these machines.
NYC, the last place that I voted, uses a Shoup 3.2 lever machines, which have been in use in NYC since 1962! Word on the street though is that those machines have been replaced for this election season. Can any NYC readers confirm? I'll miss those old machines. That satisfying clatter of a real mechanical casting of a vote feels more rewarding than the beep and whirr of the Diebolds.
If you bothered to learn about the politicians and issues, please vote!
Posted by OneEyedMan at November 7, 2006 12:32 PM
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