[il-talk] Voting Adventure

[Cathy Randall]

I voted about as early as one could and the audio process worked flawlessly. 
I think Bob and I were the only people voting in our court house late that 
afternoon.
                                                                             
    Cathy
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Cathy Randall
217-243-3529

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From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 11:58 AM
Subject: [il-talk] Voting Adventure


>
>
> 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
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