I can’t believe I forgot to mention this. Not only do our new fancy schmancy electronic voting machines not supply any sort of a receipt, but Indiana is now requiring that voters provide government issued identification. The state’s license branches were open extended hours on Monday and Tuesday, so that folks who did not know about the new ID requirement could obtain state IDs.
And, this from Pandagon, on voting irregularities in Ohio. One point that is made is that outright fraud is not necessary, when physically restricting access to voting might work just as well.
It’s been said before but bears repeating, they don’t actually need to change votes, which is something that could eventually be detected and people could be thrown in jail for, in order to throw elections. All they need to do is make sure there’s inadequate facilities in certain precincts and the frustration of waiting to vote will drive huge numbers of voters away.
The same sort of situation occurred in my precinct, but it’s rural and the population is extremely low, so folks here would not have faced long lines and big hassles. Still, it sucks. And, at least the folks in Ohio were supposed to get a receipt. Our new electronic machines don’t even have that option.
