Ballot Snafu for Arnie

I am sorry if this has been posted already, but I had to laugh when I read this article in the Los Angeles Times this morning (11/9/05 by Robert Salladay) "Balloting Snafu Briefly Snares Schwarzenegger". After reading this article, it is understandable why Americans are worried that their votes are not being counted. And as for Los Angeles County registrar, Conny B. McCormack (the Republican registrar who does not want a paper trail because it will harm too many trees) her ability to manage Los Angeles elections should be in question.

(Maybe someone else can link this article for me, I can't.) In short, when Arnold appeared at the polling station he was told by the poll worker that he had already voted....and that he would have to fill out a provisional ballot. Here are some excerpts from the article:

..."Election officials said a Los Angeles County poll worker had entered Schwarzenegger's name into an electronic voting touch screen station in Pasadena on Oct. 25. The worker, who was not identified, was testing the voting machine in preparation for early voting that began the next day. Some how, Schwarzenegger's name was then placed on a list of people who had already voted..."

..."When Schwarzenegger showed up later, a poll worker told the governor he would have to use a 'provisional' ballot that allows election workers to later verify whether the same person cast two votes...."

..."Nobody actually voted in Schwarzenegger's name in Pasadena....some one who breached our protocol was playing around in advance of the election...." (said McCormack)

..."Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation, said the problem highlights the need for better verification of electronic voting....If the governor is going to have a mix-up on his ballot...it will make other voters wonder what is going to happen with their ballots."

They should have booted Arnold out! And that voting registrar there is too much!!

...."the Republican registrar who does not want a paper trail because it will harm too many trees"

:crazy: