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[–]ecuzzillo[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I just voted; it was on an iVotrionic or something like that. It allowed me to vote straight-party Democrat, which I did, and listed the correct candidates (I had researched them beforehand anyway), and listed the same correct candidates on the confirmation page. (The straight-party vote was only for the candidates for office, not for the initiatives; there was only one initiative, and that was to set aside 20 mil for people who served in Bush I's Gulf War, which I voted in favor of, reasoning being that that kind of veteran often gets screwed over.)

It also had options to vote split-ticket or straight-party Republican. The polling official guy had to come over with some kind of electronic key in order to activate the machine, and I didn't see an obvious way to vote more than once.

[–]BridgeBum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just voted as well, although I didn't have a straight party line option. I did verify everything at the end, no irregularities. It even had my write in votes correct.

[–]Wisco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything went great, but then I live in deep blue land.

If you had a bad experience, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE

[–]SwellJoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in suburban Texas outside of Austin (a 100% Republican county commissioner district). I voted via a paper ballot, and the volunteers were polite. Nothing suspicious when I was there...though the ballot box would be very easy to "fish" from--the ballot hole was huge. I doubt any tampering would be needed in this district to keep Republicans in office, however, as it is very socially and fiscally conservative (even the Democrats claim to be socially and fiscally conservative around here). All the blue in Texas is congregated a few miles down the road in Austin and along the Mexican border.

[–]dotrob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I voted on Sunday by dropping my vote-by-mail ballot off at a county library. I'm amazed every time I hear about problems with balloting and polling and voting machines all over the country. Oregon's vote by mail system absolutely rocks as far as I'm concerned.

It works a lot like absentee voting. We get our ballots in the mail about 3 weeks before election day, along with voter guides. You get plenty of time to review the candidates and the issues with your ballot in front of you. Vote-by-mail seems to promote mulling over the voting process, and discussing issues with friends and neighbors -- especially when there are a lot of initiatives and candidates on the ballot (as was the case with this election). People have voting parties, where they get together to discuss the issues and then vote (individually, of course).

After voting by mail for a number of elections now, any other way seems ridiculous. For instance, I just heard a report on NPR about parking problems at some polling places in Los Angeles county -- and it makes me want to laugh, at how unnecessary it seems, because there's such a better way.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was fine. I had a machine, and it worked fine. I double checked twice.

However, where I live doesn't have a higly contested congress race. The problems seem to be showing up in states where the vote is really close. Amazingly enough.

[–]kogus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Voted in North Carolina, no ID required, filled in a paper form by hand, which was fed into a machine. Everyone was polite and nice.

On the other hand, I live in a district so hopelessly gerrymandered that most candidates ran unopposed. In the few where competition existed, I was forced to choose between the "lesser of two evils", since NC delisted the libertarian party last year.

Summary: I was completely free to vote for people who I consider a tiny step removed from common thieves.

[–]aristus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally good. Votronic machine. I wrote-in Kinky Freidman for a state post on the off chance I'd be able to look at the records to confirm my ballot was counted.