OT: Get out there and vote!

[William Park]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:32:07PM -0500, Tim Writer wrote:
> > I think that may be a violation of secrecy; I think that maybe you should
> > have been given a folder in which to place your ballot.  I think that
> > maybe the clerk should have fed the ballot face down into the machine; I
> > think that maybe s/he should not have had the opportunity to read your
> > ballot.
> 
> Yes, at my polling station, I was required to get an electoral official to
> sign it but the spot for his signature was visible when in the envelope.
> Another official fed it face down into the machine.
> 
> The issues I have are:
> 
>     o   How long does it take to get on the voting list?  I've been resident
>         in Toronto since 1987 and am still not on the list.  Another woman at
>         the polling station has been here for 50 years and isn't on the
>         list!
> 
>     o   How long does it take to get off the list?  5 people who are no
>         longer at my address (and haven't been for more than 5 years) are
>         still on the list.
> 
>     o   What's with the stupid arrows?
> 
>     o   Who makes the counting machines?  Is the software available for
>         public scrutiny?

Dictatorship is not that bad.  :-)

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