[Magdalen] Whither Scotland?

[Jay Weigel]

I have in recent times taken to requesting a paper ballot. I no longer
trust "voting machines".

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:

> https://twitter.com/LSEpoliticsblog/status/512583690229411841/photo/1
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> Times for reporting are shown on the map at the above Twitter link.
>
> Kate, not there to vote YES.
>
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
>
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The official announcement is expected around breakfast-time or a
> > little later from the central election site near Edinburgh. I've
> > always admired U.K. elections for having official announcements. I
> > suppose we've got those, too, but we've all heard the outcomes ad
> > nauseam via news outlets' projections even before voting ends. In the
> > U.K, I gather every constituency has its announcement done publicly,
> > giving the final totals. Seems efficient and civilized. And if the
> > scheme for collecting vote-counts is efficient, the results can bubble
> > up to whatever level is needed rather swiftly, with paper to back up
> > the results in case of dispute or very close totals.
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> > <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I see the polls close in Scotland at 10 PM which is, I think this  time
> > > of the year, 4 PM EDT North America.
> > >
> > > An incredible 97% of eligible voters have registered to vote, and
> > > this now includes 16 and 17 year olds.
> > >
> > > There has been some news coverage of Scots voting, and in every
> > > case there were paper ballots being dropped into a box.
> > >
> > > While this style is still common in some parts of the USA, I've
> > > always voted via "voting machine".
> > >
> > > It's going to be a long night for the Scots, particularly if all  votes
> > > are tabulated by hand.
> > >
> > >
> > > David Strang.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>