I agree. There's always going to be issues and screw-ups and just plain misunderstandings. Lord knows I've witnessed enough vote counts and stood watch at polls as a reporter to know that.
I think the issue of polling place fuck-ups in Ohio is a problem because we're now on three elections in a row where they can't get their Diebold machines to work. Then you have people reporting some voter intimidation tactics in Virginia (of the "if you vote you'll be arrested for fraud" kind). Not to mention the robocalls from hell that happened in a few states as well. I've had my share of bizarro push polls of the "So you approve of medical experimentation on unborn American babies?" variety regarding candidates' stances on stem cell research.
This election season has been a nasty one, all right. So, your rantyness is completely understandable. I was pretty much ready to scream by the time I voted this morning. And I'm a political junkie.
But, yeah, there's always that "shit happens" issue and I'm completely with you there. Then there's "too much shit is happening" issue. Where that line is? I'd rather err on the side of caution because I want to be sure the election is free, open, and fair, even if it means a candidate I don't like will get the bounce from it.
In either case, the high turnout is excellent news. The poll workers were thrilled. I was thrilled. Even the cops were grinning like loons. No one's seen anything like this since 2004.
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I think the issue of polling place fuck-ups in Ohio is a problem because we're now on three elections in a row where they can't get their Diebold machines to work. Then you have people reporting some voter intimidation tactics in Virginia (of the "if you vote you'll be arrested for fraud" kind). Not to mention the robocalls from hell that happened in a few states as well. I've had my share of bizarro push polls of the "So you approve of medical experimentation on unborn American babies?" variety regarding candidates' stances on stem cell research.
This election season has been a nasty one, all right. So, your rantyness is completely understandable. I was pretty much ready to scream by the time I voted this morning. And I'm a political junkie.
But, yeah, there's always that "shit happens" issue and I'm completely with you there. Then there's "too much shit is happening" issue. Where that line is? I'd rather err on the side of caution because I want to be sure the election is free, open, and fair, even if it means a candidate I don't like will get the bounce from it.
In either case, the high turnout is excellent news. The poll workers were thrilled. I was thrilled. Even the cops were grinning like loons. No one's seen anything like this since 2004.