Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Why Make Voting MORE Complicated?

Is it not enough trying to make a decision between politicians by sifting through what they say is true and what's not (see Fact Checkers?! Really!?) without then bamboozling the electorate with random methods of voting?

Plan A: Names on paper, mark the ones you wanna vote for. Easy.

OR

Plan B: Have numerous different systems of voting, some of which require a manual. Huh?

I understand the reasoning, the USA is a big country, so modernization or computerization makes the counting process faster and, theoretically at least, more accurate. And I get that the Constitution gives States the right to use their own system. Then there's the whole voting for a hundred different things at the same time thing.

But come on. Surely a pen and paper(s), a large number of booths and boxes with holes in, and people that are both numerate and literate to count the blasted things would prevent a whole lot of confusion.

Anyway, as the saying goes; "Vote early, vote often"

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