Look up your elected representatives.
Photo: Peter Holderness
Did you brave the elements to cast your vote today in Chicagoland? Where'd you do it? How'd it go?
I voted in a retirement home on my way to work this morning. All along the hallways, residents sat on benches making small talk with voters as we passed. My vote might be lost in the masses, but it was worthwhile to meet some neighbors i've overlooked for years.
I didn't really have any problems voting yesterday, except I was the first one there and the doors weren't open yet.
One thing that I noticed, though, is that in Chicago we aren't given the "I Voted Today" stickers that I've seen folks wearing in the suburbs. I work at a library, and I would have worn my sticker (had I been given one) to remind other people to vote. Oh well. Maybe I'll make that suggestion to someone involved with the elections.
No interesting voting stories, but one interesting story in general.
I recently interviewed Alan Dechert, the president of the Open Voting Consortium. OVC is a group of people (whom I'd never heard of) whose goal it is to replace our current voting systems with an "open voting solution" that incorporates open source voting software and a physical, printed ballot.
The site is worth checking out, and it's definitely an interesting concept.
At the end of the day though, I think you're right. Computers are only as good as the people running them.
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