[Thanks for Rec'ing this to the Rec. List... You people give me hope too!]
[Update 2: Please visit Video the Vote to learn about how to document the process outside the polls--after citizens have voted--not during. Also, check this out, from the NYTimes, regarding photographs. **I have removed a strong statement here about the practice of videoing your own voting, which seems unreasonable to me, but I am no lawyer** THANKS!]
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Yesterday I had the great pleasure of heading in to my county municipal office to vote early. I was SO excited to finally get the opportunity to "pull the lever" in this decision.
THE PROBLEM was that my touch-screen voting machine inaccurately put a green check mark in the McCain/Palin box when I touched my guy's name. I followed the instructions and touched the incorrect check mark to "de-select" it and then used my pinky instead of my index finger to select Obama/Biden. That wasn't the end of my frustration, though.
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