New Voting Machines Tested in Appo Referendum

I voted FOR the referendum this morning using one of the state’s new EE&S voting machines.

Pros:

Paper trial created during voting.

Cons:

-Lots of “Are you sure?” prompts and processes, so it takes a long time to vote.  Much longer (I assume) if you decide that you aren’t sure at some point.

– One of the two brand new machines at my polling station was out of order. There was someone on the phone with tech support while I was voting in the next booth and it sounded a lot like your father calling tech support. If they seize up at this rate (50%) in November it will be trouble.

Bottom Line:  I’m nervous.