even p b's can go wrong- chicago voters/ invisible ink.

[mopinko]

ok, i feel a little personally responsible for this. i would have worked this polling place if i had been able. for some reason this one polling place rarely gets returning judges. it is a fire station, so it is loud, cold, and crazy. and the firefighters are not real thrilled with the whole business. but i have worked it the last 2 elections. i guess the republican judge that i had worked with didn't work it, either, cuz he is not that dumb.


Election officials just smirked, shook their heads in disbelief and called it the most bizarre election snafu in recent memory.
Apparently, said city election board spokesman James Allen, the poll workers told incredulous voters—including one spouse of an election judge—that the stylus used for touch-screen voting was actually an inkless pen to fill out paper ballots.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-magicpen-webfeb06,0,6908655.story


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZKfP1ObSaU

[Wilms]

1. Langdon Neal: "we are convinced that it was just utter stupidity"

What a great story!

I admit, except for the "override button" the machines did a good job.

[mopinko]

2. the sad part is the comments on the neighborhood blogs.

really brutal. we have a couple of real freeps up here.