Today was primary voting day in Florida. You know, Florida - home of the chads.
Since the infamous chads of 2000, we're on our second or third "refinement" in the voting process.
Today. I showed up at the polls. presented my ID and signed in. Then I was given this ballot that is approximately the size of a tabloid newspaper - not in thickness but in outside dimensions.
Then I went into the booth with this poster-sized piece of paper, but there was nothing to mark, punch, color, or push. Instead, there was a black felt tip pen tied to the booth to color in the appropriate space to cast a vote. Get this, each candidate or issue has about a 1½" long arrow next to it with the middle part missing. Then you're supposed to color in the missing part to cast your vote.
But wait, there's more. Then you take your ballot to someone who gives you this paper jacket to put over your ballot and then you stick it into this large machine that looks very much like a big paper shredder. It snatches your ballot from the jacket, and that's it.
I didn't hear any grinding sounds, so I guess I actually voted.
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