Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Adventures in Voting

This morning I voted. It doesn't matter who I voted for because I live in the state of Utah.
So, I get to the poles this morning and tell them my name and get the card for the machine. I tried to choose a middle machine, but they made me go to the end so that the machines get evenly used or something. I stick my card in the machine, begining the voting process. I choose my candidate, then it prints a little reciept for me to check, I push "Cast Ballot" and the machine goes black. So, my vote is still sitting there for the world to read. And my card is stuck in the machine (the card I am supposed to give back to the nice ladies at the registration desk.
I call for some help and a lady comes over who has no idea what to do. She makes sure everything is plugged in and then decides to restart the machine. I ask her if I need to revote, and she says that she is not sure. Then she says "you didn't vote for ___, did you?" Um, yeah, that is what my ballot shows, isn't it.
I am not sure if I actually voted today or not. And I think that I got put down for my choice of candidate. And, I thought the voter worker people were supposed to be non-partisan, and that my vote was supposed to be private. So much for all of that.

3 comments:

Kimberly said...

Uhh..maybe she was just trying to be sure the machine worked properly? But even then, she could have said "does this all look correct, dear?" I'm a little disturbed by that, too.

Liz Johnson said...

Oh wow. Please tell me you voted for somebody truly crazy, like Mike Gravel or Tom Tancredo. Then I could understand why she said that.

Liz Johnson said...

Actually, I think I figured out the problem. Voting machines aren't set up to accept votes for Troy Bolton, Andrea.