Video: West Virginia Voting Machine Picks Ralph Nader When Voter Picks John McCain
Here we go again…
There’s a good damn reason why people don’t trust voting machines. With all the problems we’ve had in the past, why should they?
I think it’s high time we give up on digital voting. Yes, I know many localities have invested a lot of money in it, but at this point there’s no use throwing good money after bad. Voting is the bedrock foundation our nation is built on. If people don’t feel like their votes are counted properly. If they feel like it gets lost in a maze of digital glitches and fraudulent voting (I’m looking at you, Barack Obama and ACORN) the American people are going to lose faith.
And that’s a dangerous, dangerous thing to let happen.
Give people pens and paper. Have them mark the votes. Then put the paper in a locked box.
Problem solved. At least the digital voting problem, anyway.
By the way, note that the voting machine allows the voter to cast a ballot for a straight Republican or Democrat party line ticket. I think that’s a bunch of nonsense. In fact, I’m not even sure we should identify the political parties of the candidates on the ballot.
If the voter doesn’t know who the candidates are he/she shouldn’t be voting.
