[Magdalen] Whither Scotland?

[Grace Cangialosi]

Jay, I didn't know that was an option in VA, unless you're voting absentee.

> On Sep 18, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 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
>>