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Re: This Californian Has Voted. Have You?
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Date: 
Tue, 7 Oct 2003 19:28:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Adrian Egli wrote:
> I just got my "I Voted" sticker.
> 
> Well, my vote has been made and I'll pass them along.  I would like to hear
> from the rest of LUGNET's Californians.
> 
> Recall- YES.
> Replace with- "The Terminator"

Out of curiosity, what led you to conclude that Arnold was the best qualified
candidate to head the world's fifth-largest economy?

> I don't remember if they did this before but when they removed the ballot
> they flipped it over and asked "Clean?"  I looked and replied "Yes" then
> into the box it went.  There was so much whining that they had to use these
> new voting machines to avoid the hanging chad but something so simple as
> asking the voter to see if there are/aren't any makes me wonder why the
> BLANK we need to?

One reason is that this is a potential violation of voter privacy. Another
reason was that this courteous ballot-checking wasn't in place in Florida in
2002, so the "whining" you decry was in fact a reasonable (and legally
responsible) objection to possibly inadequate voting procedures.  Additionally,
many ballot-punching machines don't grant the voter a chance to review the
ballot before it's dumped in the box.

     Dave!



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  Re: This Californian Has Voted. Have You?
 
(...) Whoops! That should be 2000, instead of 2002. What the heck was I thinking? Dave! (23 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: This Californian Has Voted. Have You?
 
(...) Instinct. It's worked many times for me before. Ok, before you hit me with a "Get real!" remark I was just plain sick of the usual politicians. I just wanted to try someone else. (...) I was shown the blank side and so was the guy who asked me (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  This Californian Has Voted. Have You?
 
I just got my "I Voted" sticker. Well, my vote has been made and I'll pass them along. I would like to hear from the rest of LUGNET's Californians. Recall- YES. Replace with- "The Terminator" Prop 53- YES Prop 54- NO Prop 53 and 54 didn't get all (...) (23 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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