i voted.

 

or, i express mailed my ballot to my precinct with enough time. whether it gets counted is another thing. chinapost has never let me down before. someone opens my letters from time to time, but that goes with the territory. i'm more worried about

 

what greg palast wrote:

 

<blockquote> "Those who mail in ballots are very trusting souls. Here's how your
trust is used. In the August 31 primaries in Florida, Palm Beach Elections
Supervisor Theresa LePore (a.k.a. Madame Butterfly Ballot) counted
37,839 absentee votes. But days before, her office told me only 29,000
ballots had been received. When this loaves-and-fishes miracle was
disclosed, she was forced to recount, cutting the tally to 31,138.

Had she worked it the other way, disappearing a few thousand votes
instead of adding additional ones, there would be almost no way to figure
out the fix (or was it a mistake?). Mail-in voter registration forms are
protected by federal law. Local government must acknowledge receiving
your registration and must let you know if there's a problem (say, with
signature or address) that invalidates your registration. But your
mail-in vote is an unprotected crapshoot. How do you know if your ballot
was received? Was it tossed behind a file cabinet-or tossed out because
you did not include your middle initial? In many counties, you won't
know." </blockquote>

from "An Election Spoiled Rotten" on tompaine.com

 

did other americans reading this also vote?

i hope this election is the last dirty one before a populist cleanup. we could begin with standardized paper-based voting machines (need that paper trail, unfortunately) and IRV (instant run-off voting). check out. www.fairvote.org/irv/