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Solon · 11-04-2008, 04:20 PM

I just voted, and apparently my area decided to go old-school for this election.

Fill-in bubble sheets.

I couldn't decide if I was voting for President or taking the SAT.

Then, you had to hand your 8.5" x 14" (legal size) paper ballot, unfolded, to the registrar, and everyone in the room could see which oval you had filled in.

Seemed pretty Mickey-Mouse.

Goatnapper'96 · 11-04-2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Solon

I just voted, and apparently my area decided to go old-school for this election.

Fill-in bubble sheets.

I couldn't decide if I was voting for President or taking the SAT.

Then, you had to hand your 8.5" x 14" (legal size) paper ballot, unfolded, to the registrar, and everyone in the room could see which oval you had filled in.

Seemed pretty Mickey-Mouse.

Same method here save it is fill in the arrow with a big black marker instead of bubbles. I was voter # 34.

creekster · 11-04-2008, 04:22 PM

our precinct also uses fill in the bubble sheets, but when you are done they give you a little plastic sleeve to put it in whcih you then place over the ballot box and allow your ballot to fall into the box so no one can see your vote.

myboynoah · 11-04-2008, 04:30 PM

My wife says ours is all computerized. I know later today.

landpoke · 11-04-2008, 04:32 PM

Scantron/bubble sheets and a nifty plastic sleeve that covered your vote until it was taken and read by the machine.

bluegoose · 11-04-2008, 04:36 PM

Ours had two arrow points facing each other that you had to fill in with a single line between the two. We got a paper sleeve that covered maybe half of the ballot before it slid into the rubbermaid container designated official ballot box.

I miss the electronic ballots. Those were pretty awesome the one time that we used them.

Clark Addison · 11-04-2008, 04:48 PM

We've used the bubbles until this election. This time, we had electronic touchscreens.

BlueK · 11-04-2008, 05:04 PM

In Dallas County it's computerized touch screens for early voting, but fill in the bubble sheet on election day.

il Padrino Ute · 11-04-2008, 05:18 PM

Computerized touch screen here for us.

No line in my precinct at 10:00.

Archaea · 11-04-2008, 05:23 PM

computerized touch screen, with plastic credit card, backed up by paper print off.

11-04-2008, 04:20 PM	#1
Solon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Happy Valley, PA Posts: 1,866	What does your area use to count votes? I just voted, and apparently my area decided to go old-school for this election. Fill-in bubble sheets. I couldn't decide if I was voting for President or taking the SAT. Then, you had to hand your 8.5" x 14" (legal size) paper ballot, unfolded, to the registrar, and everyone in the room could see which oval you had filled in. Seemed pretty Mickey-Mouse. __________________ I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. - Epitaph of Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957)

11-04-2008, 04:22 PM	#3
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	our precinct also uses fill in the bubble sheets, but when you are done they give you a little plastic sleeve to put it in whcih you then place over the ballot box and allow your ballot to fall into the box so no one can see your vote. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

11-04-2008, 04:30 PM	#4
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	My wife says ours is all computerized. I know later today. __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.

11-04-2008, 04:32 PM	#5
landpoke Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Central God's Country Posts: 1,534	Scantron/bubble sheets and a nifty plastic sleeve that covered your vote until it was taken and read by the machine. __________________ I see a hobo. And when I see the hobo, I think to myself, "This man is poor. His monetary value is low, and my monetary value is high, and it's a shame that he is himself. What can I do?"

11-04-2008, 05:18 PM	#9
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Computerized touch screen here for us. No line in my precinct at 10:00. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

11-04-2008, 04:36 PM	#6
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	Ours had two arrow points facing each other that you had to fill in with a single line between the two. We got a paper sleeve that covered maybe half of the ballot before it slid into the rubbermaid container designated official ballot box. I miss the electronic ballots. Those were pretty awesome the one time that we used them.

11-04-2008, 04:48 PM	#7
Clark Addison Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 638	We've used the bubbles until this election. This time, we had electronic touchscreens.

11-04-2008, 05:04 PM	#8
BlueK Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 2,368	In Dallas County it's computerized touch screens for early voting, but fill in the bubble sheet on election day.

11-04-2008, 05:23 PM	#10
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	computerized touch screen, with plastic credit card, backed up by paper print off. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα