Time gives this scenario and then goes into a long drawn out blah blah blah about human error in voting, as if this machine was to get rid of it? This machine was not ever going to get rid of human error, it just gives people a new opportunity to show their ignorance. The only area that should prove difficult when casting a vote is when the voter gets to the ballot proposal. They are usually written so poorly on a ballot, that one going in without studying the issue will find themselves making mistakes. The person that goes in prepared usually has no problem…
A woman walked into a polling place in Peoria, Ill. last week and proceeded to use one of the new electronic voting machines set up for early voting. She logged on, went through each contest and seemed to be making her choices. After reviewing each race, the machine checked to see if she was satisfied with her selections and wanted to move on. Each time, she pressed YES, and the machine progressed to the next race. When she was done, a waving American flag appeared on the screen, indicating that her votes had been cast and recorded.
But there was a problem. The woman had not made any choices at all. She had only browsed. Now when she told the election judges she was ready to do it again–but this time actually vote–they told her it was too late. Pressing the last button, they said, is like dropping your ballot in an old-fashioned ballot box. There’s no getting it back.
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