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In response to "My polling place has only 2 voting machines - 1 of them a Diebold that wasn't working when I got there this afternoon." by CovingtonCat

Straight ticket should never be an option, IMHO. How lazy can you be to not touch the screen on a couple places, or pull a couple little levers

Posted by Mr. Havens (aka EdwardHavens) Nov 4 '08, 16:11

or punch a couple holes

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a huge percentage of people vote that way anyway, why not save the time for everyone else? -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 16:14 3
- Realistically, though... how much time does it really save? - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 16:16 2
  - from what I have seen, a lot! -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 16:17 1
    - In all the years I have voted, I cannot remember any time I've had to vote for more than four or five races where party affiliation was a factor - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 16:21
I never use it, but some people consider it a party loyalty thing -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 4, 16:13
I agree. I'd never seen a straight ticket option before I moved here. -- nm - CovingtonCat Nov 4, 16:13
Have you never waited in line at a theatre behind some tard who can't figure out the automated ticket machine? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 16:13 4
- Nope. Between working at a theatre and running the site, I haven't had to wait in a ticket line very often in the past 22 years -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 16:14 2
  - ... darn you! Making me feel like a plebe ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 16:15 1
    - I mean, I do sometimes have to wait in a line to get into a movie, like at a film festival, but since I have my press pass, I'm usually at the front - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 16:17
- (Oh, and for the record, I wouldn't trust an election to the people who make those automated ticket machines - but I'd rather them than Diebold) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 16:14

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