TheBanyanTree: This is My Country

[NancyIee at aol.com]

Voting machines are quick and accurate .. I think.  The trouble is,  one must 
take a course in "Vote 101" in order to know how to run the  machines.  Yes, 
there is no paper trail, no trail at all.  I am sure  there were mistakes with 
the "X" system, too (where voters marked an "X" in the  box next to the 
candidate's name.  But, in a recount, though unwieldy, the  actual ballots could be 
recounted.  This matter of hanging chads and "the  voter's intent' in 
recounting is a joke. It also might mean a difference if the  recounting staff is 
Republican or Democrat. A smudge might mean a Republican  recounter guy thinks 
the voter meant to vote for the Republican candidate.
 
Oh, well. 
 
Here in Florida, BOTH candidates for Congress went to the initial meeting  
for new members.  The one behind by some 377 votes has hired attorneys to  
launch a suit.  FOR WHAT??  If she is behind after the recount, who  does she 
intend suing, the recounting staff if they belong to the other  party?
 
Fer crying out loud.
 
Vote.  Count the votes.  The one who gets the most, wins.   Period.
 
(whine, whine: I lost, recount the ballots, and if I still don't win .  .I"LL 
SUE!!!)
 
I don't care.  I'm going to have another cup of blueberry coffee and  go out 
and watch the horses run.
 
NancyLee