{"id":734,"date":"2004-11-17T10:49:01","date_gmt":"2004-11-17T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/?p=734"},"modified":"2004-11-17T10:49:01","modified_gmt":"2004-11-17T17:49:01","slug":"twirling-twirling-twirling-towards-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/2004\/11\/17\/twirling-twirling-twirling-towards-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Twirling, Twirling, Twirling Towards Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"

From blackboxvoting<\/a> comes this funny:<\/p>\n

P.S. Not that this has anything to do with what we’re discussing (or maybe it does), but there were two separate “I voted” stickers that voters were given after they voted. If you voted electronic, you were given a big gorgeous flag-waving colorful sticker that said something akin to “I Voted Electronically!” If you voted paper, you were given a crappy little sticker that looked like it was made by a low bidder from China with faulty equipment that said “I voted”. I’ll be forever haunted by the interaction I witnessed between one lady and a poll worker. The lady said “I want to vote on a paper ballot. I’ve read that I should use a paper ballot.” The poll worker reached for a paper ballot and started to hand it to the lady, but that’s when the lady saw the two bowls of stickers. She said “Oh, you mean I can’t have one of those stickers unless I vote with the machine?” The poll worker said “Yes, that’s right. Those stickers are for the people who vote with the machines.” The lady looked wistfully downwards, pondering, and then grinned giddily and said “I want to vote electronically!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From blackboxvoting comes this funny: P.S. Not that this has anything to do with what we’re discussing (or maybe it does), but there were two separate “I voted” stickers that voters were given after they voted. If you voted electronic, you were given a big gorgeous flag-waving colorful sticker that said something akin to “I … <\/p>\n

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