http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/11/06/uninspiring-voting-day-ii-return-of-the-yawn/ Things I'll talk about with anyone Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:32:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/11/06/uninspiring-voting-day-ii-return-of-the-yawn/comment-page-1/#comment-8342 nerdmeyr Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:16:18 +0000 http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/11/06/uninspiring-voting-day-ii-return-of-the-yawn/#comment-8342 <p>Yeah, I agree David. I was sort of excited about "going to the polls" (how quaint compared to the election-by-mail I've been doing)... but it was sort of anti-climatic. The best part was the "I Voted" sticker, which I wanted to wear on my shirt next to a "Be Nice To Me - I Gave Blood Today" sticker, so I could run around town and get free doughnuts and smiles for being such an upstanding citizen.</p> Yeah, I agree David. I was sort of excited about “going to the polls” (how quaint compared to the election-by-mail I’ve been doing)… but it was sort of anti-climatic. The best part was the “I Voted” sticker, which I wanted to wear on my shirt next to a “Be Nice To Me – I Gave Blood Today” sticker, so I could run around town and get free doughnuts and smiles for being such an upstanding citizen.

]]> http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/11/06/uninspiring-voting-day-ii-return-of-the-yawn/comment-page-1/#comment-8320 Donna Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:12:46 +0000 http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/11/06/uninspiring-voting-day-ii-return-of-the-yawn/#comment-8320 <p>Well, in Shaker Heights we had a choice of four out of six for city council. We could vote for a state issue that the supreme court said did not get enough signatures to be on the ballot and thus would not be counted. We did get to vote on one tax renewal issue. Our electronic machines, however did have a paper trail. Our vote was printed on paper and then we could tell it to register our vote. THen our paper printout was absorbed into the voting machine like the tape on a cash register. The polling place was nearly empty. Pretty boring ballot for us too.</p> Well, in Shaker Heights we had a choice of four out of six for city council.
We could vote for a state issue that the supreme court said did not get
enough signatures to be on the ballot and thus would not be counted. We did
get to vote on one tax renewal issue. Our electronic machines, however did
have a paper trail. Our vote was printed on paper and then we could tell it
to register our vote. THen our paper printout was absorbed into the voting
machine like the tape on a cash register. The polling place was nearly
empty. Pretty boring ballot for us too.

]]>