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My voting booth was an older machine.... (Original Post) slampoet Nov 2012 OP
Silly. I think you need some sleep. I KNow I do. mucifer Nov 2012 #1
Glad I'm not sitting at my laptop drinking milk upaloopa Nov 2012 #2
Is it true that the older voting machines bama_blue_dot Nov 2012 #3
I like 'em cause they leave a paper trail justiceischeap Nov 2012 #4
Also the great thing about the lever machines is that is when one of them is funtioning badly slampoet Nov 2012 #8
I miss the old gray lever machines rightsideout Nov 2012 #5
I remember my first voting machine Panasonic Nov 2012 #6
I miss them too. The Click Clack sound made the line move faster. slampoet Nov 2012 #7

bama_blue_dot

(224 posts)
3. Is it true that the older voting machines
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:05 AM
Nov 2012

with the lever are the most accurate? My dad is old, and he lives in Staten Island, and they use those there.. He seems to think they are the best..

slampoet

(5,032 posts)
8. Also the great thing about the lever machines is that is when one of them is funtioning badly
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 08:55 AM
Nov 2012

You can see what is wrong, and to rig the machine? it becomes quite obvious since there are extra gears inside.

rightsideout

(978 posts)
5. I miss the old gray lever machines
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:14 AM
Nov 2012

I remember in elementary school before the election they would be wheel those things in to the cafeteria. And that big bar that pulled the curtain back. Something about mechanical accounting seems more reliable. You never needed a software patch for them.

I say this even though I set have set up internet based elections for our car club members to vote in new board members.

 

Panasonic

(2,921 posts)
6. I remember my first voting machine
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:16 AM
Nov 2012

It was a clickity clackity lever pull thing, you just click on who you want to vote for. Mechanical lever voting machines, they called it back then. in 1994 when I voted for the first time.

And it was fucking reliable.

slampoet

(5,032 posts)
7. I miss them too. The Click Clack sound made the line move faster.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:57 AM
Nov 2012

It was easier to see and hear when it was your turn.

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