Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was impressed by the number of young people voting. Many with piercings ( I have nothing against piercings ) - which is not a site that I'm used to seeing. From my very unscientific vantage point I think we are likely to see whole segments of the population voting for the first time. ernie At 11:19 AM 11/2/2004, you wrote: >Took all of 5 minutes for me to vote this morning. The polling place >is about 1/2 mile from my house in an old mill. There were more >observers than voters. > >The funniest part is that I'm in the voter register twice - once with >just my first initial and once with my first name spelled out. >Apparently they never deleted my old registration when I switched from >registered Independent to registered Green Party. Since they don't >check identification, only verifying your signature, and both >signatures are mine, I could, if I was so inclined, vote twice. Of >course, the same poll workers will likely be there all day and they'd >recognize me if I showed up again. I've been in the register twice >for years now. I've pointed it out, but no one seems terribly >concerned and it never gets corrected. > >Glenn Stauffer >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information