Read Ken Wheaton’s column about what happened when he tried to vote in the New York primary this morning, and then lie awake at night wondering how long our free electoral system can survive such incompetence, or worse:
I suggest maybe the big lever that registers the vote might have to be reset for this to work. At first he says no, but then changes his mind. “Well, we’ll just have to throw in a vote,” he says.
At this point, he selects Hillary Clinton then pulls the lever. Ka-ching. One more vote for Hillary.
We then try again. Nothing. So he gives me a paper ballot. (As an aside, the outside of the provisional ballot envelope requires that you check a box explaining why you’re filling out a paper ballot. Nowhere is there a box to check for “You’ve obviously hired morons to work the polling station.”)
So I filled in the paper ballot and turned it in. When I did so, I asked the gentleman, “So, did that vote register for Hillary Clinton?”
“Oh, yeah,” he said. “Don’t worry about it. That was my vote.”
I bet it was.
No biggie. It was Brooklyn.
UPDATE: Watch this video. Eerily similar to Wheaton’s story. Maybe somebody needs to investigate.
