Today, I had a pre-scheduled day off. On my day off I went down to the Board of Elections and I bought a new coat. Well, they were not selling coats at the Board of Elections I had to get that elsewhere....

Anyway, the reason I went down to the Board of Elections on Fayette Street was so that I could vote in next months general election via absentee ballot. I wanted to do this because as I have written numerous times I do not feel comfortable using the Diebold made voting machines. They leave no paper trail and anyone can hack into them and put in whatever results that wanted.

While requesting a ballot I was surprised at how simple the procedure was. All I had to do was fill out a card then a woman behind the desk gave me a paper ballot for my district. Instead of mailing it in I decided to fill it out right in the office. They had these carboard boxes on a long table that served as makeshift voting booths. I pulled up a chair and sat crouched under a box. I quickly noticed that the ballot had to filled out with a number two pencil. Luckily, there were plenty of number two pencils on the table. It was just like those tests you had to take in public school. To select a candidate all you had to do was fill in a circle with your number two pencil.

Overall, I feel good about who I voted for. I also feel relieved that I will not have to rush home after work to vote. Its already been done. One thing I noticed while at the Board of Election was that there seemed to be an awful lot of people in there requesting absentee ballots. It was nice to see that I was not the only one who did not trust the machines.

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