[Magdalen] Two things I love about Election Eve 2016...

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I was not at all happy with the way my 'early' vote situation went down.... 
my proffered ID produced two sticky labels with my name and address. I gave 
them to the monitor at the entrance to the voting machines. He put one 
somewhere and the other on a 8.5x11" sheet of paper in a blank box and then 
I signed underneath. There were about 4 sheets of paper, and mine was the 
first sticker on that lot. They were loose on the table and no binder or 
folder in sight.... then I moved to the manually steered electronic voting 
booth. I wonder if some states/locales are creating situations (like the one 
Ginga described) that will need a recall/recount....

sigh - I will be glad when this day is over, hoping it is truly over and not 
hanging on problems requiring a delay in announcing...

hoping for the best
Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 12:24 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Two things I love about Election Eve 2016...

> We had ONLY paper ballots in our precinct. They are then fed into a 
> scanner
> and you wait until a red light turns green to make sure your vote is
> counted.
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Some of us were talking about those old machines this morning. There was
>> that wonderfully satisfying "CHING!" as you pulled the lever after 
>> voting!
>> And, of course, the totals for each machine could be read off the back
>> right away.
>>
>> > On Nov 8, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I was one of those kind of moms too. I really miss those lever behind
>> the curtain voting booths - in my mind that's still "real voting". When I
>> left Syracuse for Houston in '87 they were still in use there.
>> >
>> > Lynn, expecting much drama here today with long lines and up till
>> midnight polling places
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > www.ichthysdesigns.com
>> >
>> > When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I 
>> > would
>> not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything 
>> you
>> gave me'. attributed to Erma Bombeck
>> >
>> >
>> > On Nov 8, 2016, at 8:39 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I still remember my mother holding me up to watch her pull the levers 
>> > on
>> > the voting machine. She asked me to put my hand on her hand while she 
>> > did
>> > so.
>> >
>> > Voting is one of those experiences (singing hymns is another, also 
>> > making
>> > bread or baked beans) where she is still present to me.
>> > -M
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I actually like going to the polls.
>> >>
>>