Originally posted by Karen
... And we're not a big state,
so no one cares much about who wins our primary,

but ... I voted,
and was glad other people were there to do the same!
Grrrrrr!

Our polls closed at 7:30 PM...

"My" lil Rural precinct (out in the "boonies") has to "dump" all
the *NEW* Lektronic Touch-Screen voting computers onto back-up disks;
then *print* a preliminary report to post on the school doors;
Shut down and wrap all the voting puters in their transport cases;
Load everything into a poll worker's car;
Drive half way across the County to a small city;
Then *watch* while Board of Elections folks *read* all the outlying
precinct disks and send them to the County Elections Office...

It'll be 10 or 10:30 tonight BEFORE "MY Votes" are
actually *recorded* by the County and are actually *COUNTED*...

But at 8:30 - MSNBC and CNN and most of the TV Networks -
had ALREADY Announced the John Kerry "WON in Ohio"

WADE A MINNIT HERE ~ ~ ~
You haven't counted "MY" vote yet!

Anothe Tail by the lil phish swimmin round in
da BIG POND!

But Hey Karen ~ *I* VOTED!
An feel Purdy Gud 'cause I did!!