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Default Lament for the old time voting booths.

On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:07:47 -0500, Steve Stone
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HeyBub wrote:
Phil Again wrote:

Ah, the old Shoup Voting Machine. It went the way of the paper ballot in
that elections are just too complicated to be accommodated by the
capabilities.


In New York we still have the old mechanical monsters with levers and
the huge lever that reminds me of an antique car hand brake lever.


Yes, and I just voted on one with GREAT satisfaction shortly after 6
am EST today.