We have a
manned space station circling the earth; GPS that tell you your location
anywhere in the world within a couple of feet; computers you can talk to and
can answer back; robots replacing workers in factories; space probes that can
circle the moons of Saturn and send back data; wrist watches that can tell you
your heart rate, deliver you text messages and make phone calls; My little
Tom-Tom GPS can guide me to any address in Canada or the United States; we have
cell phones with apps that have unlimited capabilities; we have cars that can
drive themselves; and we are within ten years of unbelievable artificial
intelligence…
And I had to
stand in line for one hour to feed a paper ballot into an antiquated scanner
when I went to vote.
This is ridiculous
in a time of advanced technology. We should
be able to register on line and select a secure password and identifying data;
and then on voting day fill in our ballot online on a secure government
network. A super computer should be
able to spit out the results by the voting deadline.
The know-how and technology are available.
And Hand
Counts? You’ve got to be shitting me!
the Ol’Buzzard
