Also, this stuff about voting accidently for the wrong canidate is CRAP! It is the voters RESPONSIBILITY to know their choices in advance. Our local paper prints sample ballots and background info on the candidates the sunday before the election.
And people being denied vote. You gotta stand up and fight for it. had they put that much energy into trying to vote as they are bitching about it now, they WOULD HAVE VOTED.
Her's what happend when my pricinct wouldn't let me vote on a special election. Our state senator died about two months before the election. They already had the ballots printed (his term was not up, so he was not on that years ballot), so they had to print a second ballot for that one race. Three precincts voted at the same location. I knew I was supposed to vote in that race, but the pricinct judge disputed that. (200 people had voted ahead of me im my pricinct and non of them had been allowed to vote in the special race) SO I left, went home GOT MY COPY OF THE NEWSPAPER, and my voters regis. card which had my pricinct number and went back. (in texas you don't have to have your voters registration card with you to vote, just an ID and they look you up on the roll.) I went back, showed them and demanded they call a supervisor. They did and turns out I was right. They promptly issued me the proper ballots and I was then allowed to vote. ALL IT TOOK WAS FOR ME TO BE AN INFORMED VOTER AND TO GET OFF MY LAZY ASS. For the Americans, and Canadians for that matter, we live in a participatory democracy. That means SOME work on your part. The sacrifices my forefathers made are too important for me to disregard. If I was put to the test (war) i don't know If I'd have the ball sto fight and die like they did.
After this florida "butterfly ballot thing" I am so in favor of bringing back poll tests. Not as a form of racial or economic descrimination, but simply to keep stupid people from voting. One or two questions would be enough, like name your states govenor and how many US Senators does your state have?
Now that I am done with my rant, I can get back to work.
