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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster
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Tuesday, March 02, 2004 :::
Instapundit reports problems with voting machines in, among other places, California:Athena Runner emails from California:
My husband and I went to vote this morning at 7 a.m. in Carlsbad, CA (San Diego County) and the new and improved *cough* electronic voting system wouldn't boot up. I went back twice and at 8 a.m., they still weren't working. Apparently it's a sporadic problem county wide.
When voter turnout is so low already, forcing people to try and come back multiple times is a huge problem. I miss my paper ballot. Bryon Scott also emails:At least the machines in Maryland are working. Here in San Diego the local radio stations are reporting that more than a dozen areas in the county can't even get the machines up and running.
Long-time Volokh readers will remember this entry by Eugene, from when litigants were trying to have the California recall election delayed until new voting technology was available:When the supposed constitutional wrong is that the existing plans will lead to machine error and voter confusion, then we should consider whether the remedy will in fact be materially better. So far, there seem to be good reasons to predict that the lost vote problems in the currently punch-card counties may actually increase with a shift to one of the supposedly technically better systems, given the likely glitches whenever a new system is used for the first time in a jurisdiction...
::: posted by Steven at 5:41 PM
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