[il-talk] Voting Adventure

[Deborah Kent Stein]

I just cast my vote, using the audio equipment at my polling place.  The 
poll workers were very patient and pleasant, but they had no idea how to 
operate the audio equipment.  They called downtown and after quite a wait 
got hold of someone who walked them through it.  It still didn't work - the 
card kept popping out when it was inserted.  They tried calling the Voting 
Hotline at the National Center in Baltimore, but couldn't get through to 
anyone there.  Finally someone downtown suggested they re-boot the machine. 
Voila!  It worked perfectly from then on, but all of the searching aroundfor 
solutions took forty minutes.  They admitted they had had no training on the 
audio equipment.

The last few times I voted things went much more smoothly than they did 
today.  The final outcome this morning was positive, but it shouldn't have 
been such an ordeal!

Debbie