The county that I live in, Matagorda County in Texas has not counted one single vote. The machine they had and have had started out last night counting ballots 2 at a time, a hair dryer was used to try to keep the ballots from sticking together, that didn't work so a new machine was sent for from Dallas, when that got here it didn't work either, a tech was called in from Houston and as of right now they are still working on it and no counting has begun. Now we are only looking at 20,000 votes but we also have no results for our local folks either. In a statement the County clerk stated that she has been trying to get a new machine since 1999 but has been turned down because of the new voting regulation that will become effective in 2006.
So it is with dismay that I feel cheated, although there does not appear to be any fraud related to this it does seem to me that this entire country needs to find a way for it's citizens to vote and know that their vote has been counted. If problems have occured in just 1 county per state you could be looking at 1 million votes, divide that by 1/2 and you get 500,000. That could change many an election. I'm sure not here in Texas but still I feel cheated!!!!!
So it is with dismay that I feel cheated, although there does not appear to be any fraud related to this it does seem to me that this entire country needs to find a way for it's citizens to vote and know that their vote has been counted. If problems have occured in just 1 county per state you could be looking at 1 million votes, divide that by 1/2 and you get 500,000. That could change many an election. I'm sure not here in Texas but still I feel cheated!!!!!