Polling Poll

[lady_branwyn]

I didn't realize how primitive the polling technology was in my county until my sister from Maryland broke out laughing when I told her that we still used the little stylus thingie. Since then we've taken a step backward, going to a paper form with ovals to fill in.

[Poll #1640022]

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[lady-branwyn.livejournal.com]

I liked the stylus thingie because it was easy to use, but I always lived in terror that I would punch the wrong choice and have to ask for a new ballot. And I recall that the stylus thingie was the source of the infamous hanging chads.
The felt tip pen method doesn't sound too bad. We have ovals like you find on a standardized test form, and you have to fill them in with a ball-point pen which is tedious when a line of people is waiting for your voting booth. *grin*
I supposed I could vote in advance (they are pushing that around here), but I do like the communal experience of going to the little church to vote with the people from my neighborhood. :)