Voter Fraud is a REALITY! :(

[preciousjeni]

I've never voted in NY before (only GA). They had these machine deals where you flip down tab next to your selection and then, when you've finished, you flip a big red level over to lock in your vote. I'm assuming papers were being punched but I never saw any paper.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

I've never voted in NY before (only GA). They had these machine deals where you flip down tab next to your selection and then, when you've finished, you flip a big red level over to lock in your vote. I'm assuming papers were being punched but I never saw any paper.

Welcome to the 1970's! Those are the really old machines. The machine itself tabulates the votes when you pull that red lever and it is recorded on the back of the machine. That's how we all used to vote. They were used for years and years and years. I loved, as a kid, going with my mom and watching her disappear into that booth, pull the curtain and then come back out again. It seemed so important and mysterious and certainly more private than cardboard dividers!

ETA: The last time I used one like that was 1984!

[aephi alum]

We had those old lever voting machines up until last year. I remember my mom voting with those machines back when I was a toddler.

I have to say that there was something satisfying about throwing that big red lever and hearing the machine go CHA-CHUNK! But I much prefer the new optical scanner system. It's quicker, it's quieter (!), the scanner will spit your ballot out if it can't read it, and there are actual physical paper ballots to count if any problems arise.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

We had those old lever voting machines up until last year. I remember my mom voting with those machines back when I was a toddler.

I have to say that there was something satisfying about throwing that big red lever and hearing the machine go CHA-CHUNK!

I love that sound. Ever since I was little - I just love that sound.

[AGDee]

Ditto

[agzg]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

I've never voted in NY before (only GA). They had these machine deals where you flip down tab next to your selection and then, when you've finished, you flip a big red level over to lock in your vote. I'm assuming papers were being punched but I never saw any paper.

That was the first type of machine I ever voted on. In NY.