This just shows that people are not paying attention to anything other than 'big ticket issues' (Guilty as charged). We are bombarded for months before an election with information on Propositions, and major office candidates. All because they have MONEY to feed the media machine. What kind of info do we get about, school board posts, judgeships, commisioners? Uhh...I saw the name on a telephone pole somewhere.
Do people read the election info packets they are sent in the mail? Probably not, and I admit I am not perfect in this regard, but I sure don't try to make a decision by reading the ballot when I vote.
But before I get to far off, I think electronic voting is a bad idea. Technology seems to be put forward as a panacea for what ails everything. And whats the freakin' hurry to find out who won. Let's go for accuracy and leave the speed to places where it would be more useful and less contentious (like getting my drive thru order at Jack in The Box processed)!
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This just shows that people are not paying attention to anything other than 'big ticket issues' (Guilty as charged). We are bombarded for months before an election with information on Propositions, and major office candidates. All because they have MONEY to feed the media machine. What kind of info do we get about, school board posts, judgeships, commisioners? Uhh...I saw the name on a telephone pole somewhere. Do people read the election info packets they are sent in the mail? Probably not, and I admit I am not perfect in this regard, but I sure don't try to make a decision by reading the ballot when I vote. But before I get to far off, I think electronic voting is a bad idea. Technology seems to be put forward as a panacea for what ails everything. And whats the freakin' hurry to find out who won. Let's go for accuracy and leave the speed to places where it would be more useful and less contentious (like getting my drive thru order at Jack in The Box processed)!