Electronic Voting Issues at Chicago, IL Precinct 50, Ward 44

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Tuesday February 05, 2008 · 9:26 AM PST

2008/02/05 · 09:26

I went in to vote this morning and when I got there, I chose to use the electronic machine because the line was much shorter than the paper ballot. I wanted to vote before I went in to work, so waiting in line wasn't much of an option.

I was issued a card and when I inserted it into the machine, the first thing that popped up was "Please contact a pollworker, Your card has been removed too quickly or inserted incorrectly". At this point I contacted a poll worker who told me I was doing something wrong. I made a fuss and finally another poll worker came over and realized that there was something wrong with the machine. I asked for a paper ballot and was initially denied because they said there was no way of telling if I had already voted on the electronic machine or not. I told them that it should have been obvious that I hadn't voted since I was talking to poll workers the whole time I was at the machine. After about 10 minutes of arguing, I was allowed to cast a paper ballot.

I hope there aren't many problems going on with these machince since they are easily hacked, and obviously don't work very well. I am encouraging as many people out there to vote with a paper ballot as possible or able to. I don't want to see any more election fraud.

Brain Break!!!

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Monday January 28, 2008 · 1:18 PM PST

2008/01/28 · 13:18

For everyone here who's tired of candidate/primary diaries and the like, I thought I would remind everyone how lucky we have it here. At least we don't have fundies all over the place bringing down the IQ of all of us.

Here are a few examples of what I mean, I found a few posts on www.fstdt.com that if I had to see on a daily basis I would probably be drooling on my self by now.

HermesTrismegistus

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Friday December 21, 2007 · 10:15 AM PST

2007/12/21 · 10:15

I have been reading on Motherjones.com recently about mandatory binding arbitration clauses that many companies are currently using to prevent getting sued in civil court. I have been looking around for some legal precedents about this, and I have been unable to find any. (I am not an attorney, nor do I pretend to be) My question to dkos is this: Do these clauses violate the 7th Amendment, and if they do, what is the best action plan to put a stop to this practice?

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Tuesday December 18, 2007 · 2:17 PM PST

2007/12/18 · 14:17

I constantly call and write my Senators and my Congressman. I try to stay on top of what is happening in Congress and voice my opinion to my elected representatives. Barack Obama happens to be one of my Senators, and I wanted to show dkos what Obama's staffers like to write to his constituents. I have been on the fence for a while now, but Obama has officially fallen to my #2 choice.

Actual copies of his responses below the fold.

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Electronic Voting Issues at Chicago, IL Precinct 50, Ward 44

Brain Break!!!

Do contracts that contain mandatory binding arbitration clauses violate the Constitution?

Obama's responses when asked to fight in the Senate for a progressive position