Comic echo of 2000 election -- it's not funny
By CARL HIAASEN
MiamiHerald.com
Sun, Dec. 17, 2006
The first time I tried a touch-screen voting machine was Nov. 7. It was not an experience that inspired confidence.
When I pressed a finger down to select my choice for governor, a mark appeared beside the name of a different candidate at the bottom of the list. A poll worker insisted that the device was working properly, and suggested that I'd accidentally touched it in the wrong place with my ``wrist.''
I'd done no such thing. The machine screwed up.
I hit another command to nullify the wrong vote, corrected it and moved on through the remainder of the ballot. After I finished, the machine allowed me to re-check all my selections to make sure they were right.
Whether or not the votes actually were recorded that way, I'll never know. No paper receipt was provided.