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Fun with computers: it seems (per ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
samtheeagle, who I understand would know) that there are Technical (ahem) Difficulties causing machines in early-voting states to switch straight-ticket Democratic ballots to Republican without the voters' knowledge.
Fun!
It seems a workaround that works is to vote individual candidates instead of straight-ticket, and thus you can be more sure that you're casting the votes you intend to cast. (I'd have recommended this anyway, machines or no, because I happen to believe that straight-ticket voting demonstrates what could look like a sort of lack of giving matters much thought -- wouldn't necessarily be, of course, because you could think about it and decide you agree with all the candidates and positions on one side and then vote straight ticket as it happens; just this year, I had a look at the sample D ballot for my county after I'd filled in my absentee ballot, and I'd got all the answers "right" without even drinking any Kool-Aid -- but nevertheless, at the moment for more reasons than mere appearances, voting individual candidates is a better-than-usual idea.)
samtheeagle, who I understand would know) that there are Technical (ahem) Difficulties causing machines in early-voting states to switch straight-ticket Democratic ballots to Republican without the voters' knowledge.Fun!
It seems a workaround that works is to vote individual candidates instead of straight-ticket, and thus you can be more sure that you're casting the votes you intend to cast. (I'd have recommended this anyway, machines or no, because I happen to believe that straight-ticket voting demonstrates what could look like a sort of lack of giving matters much thought -- wouldn't necessarily be, of course, because you could think about it and decide you agree with all the candidates and positions on one side and then vote straight ticket as it happens; just this year, I had a look at the sample D ballot for my county after I'd filled in my absentee ballot, and I'd got all the answers "right" without even drinking any Kool-Aid -- but nevertheless, at the moment for more reasons than mere appearances, voting individual candidates is a better-than-usual idea.)
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If you ask me, the straight-party option should be removed from ballots anyway. It promotes lazy thinking.
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Yeah, big laughs, disenfranchising people. It ought to be a felony, no matter which direction it's happening in.
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But I can just see it ... some programmer in his cubicle, messing with the code just because he can, you know?