Press button out comes vote. Have a food pellet, monkey. Not that it makes any difference. The 'votes' were 'tabulated' weeks ago.

All the machines will ultimately record ZERO votes of any kind and Bush will declare victory for life and a mandate.

My parents are part of the volunteers counting early votes in Ohio under the latest court smackdown to Blackwell. They say they too are having optic scanning problems because the scanners cannot read ballots that have been folded. Problem is, all the ballots, hard card stock, have been folded. Yeesh.

The polls are open until seven freakin' thirty tonight in Ohio. I like to vote before I go to work too, but if I don't get a chance it's never stopped me.

I don't expect a hassle where I go because the Diebold machines actually worked just fine last election. Okay, I poured Holy water on them and they hissed a little, but other than that....

If voting machines are inevitable, and at this point I think they are, it's good that we get the kinks worked out by the 2008 election. My educated guess on this election is that there will be hassle and delay, but nothing really drastic. Witness the fact that some precincts went to paper ballots. They had a backup plan, which made me feel a lot better.

Here's what happened to me when I tried to vote, using a Diebold machine, in Indiana this morning. My wife and I showed up minutes after the poll opened, at 6 a.m., and I was handed the credit-card-sized vote recording device, which had not yet been used. And yet, when I placed the card in the machine, I received a message that the card HAD already been used to vote! I had to return it to a poll worker, who had to clear it, again (he'd done so before handing it to me the first time), before it would work properly.

Doesn't give me ANY confidence in this voting system, or that MY vote will be accurately recorded.

I guess maybe we do need UN montiors. How in the world can these problems still be happening? Does no one test this equipment before using it?

Here in my part of VA we've been using electronic voting machines for a long time. I have never experienced any problems. I assume the votes are tallied correctly, but I guess there is really no way to know for sure. Luckily for me it is a Dem stronghold, but if I was in a part of the state controlled by the other side I would be more leery.

"This one says ID required? What do I do?"

"Ask to see his ID." -Conversation Among Poll Workers, PA 14th District

"Do you know how to use a computer? I don't have a computer. I've never used one." -Poll Worker, PA 14th District

Next time I'm taking the day off and volunteering, even if it costs me a day's wage.

Why wait until late in the day? This is America, people; we have the gumption to start voter fraud first thing in the morning.

Yes, those 85-year-old grandmas who have never used an ATM, much less a computer, are an abomination, but they're also there for one reason and one reason only:

THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES WILLING TO DO IT.

I got a frantic email from our county clerk this summer, begging me to work at the polls. Kentucky used the new machines for the primary in May, and the usual volunteers just weren't up to the task.

You want to really change things? You want to make sure your vote counts? Volunteer to work at the polls next time. Go to your county clerk now and get scheduled for training. Ask questions. Demand answers. Make a difference.

My Indianapolis precinct used machine scanned paper ballots.

I was so, so tempted to walk out instead of producing an ID.

I went to vote at 6:50 am this morning. Upon entering the polling site of South Ward, District 46, I was told that the machine (ATM type)was down. There was only 50 emergency ballots available for until the machine could be fixed it ever. Fortunately, a Deputy Attorney General was available at the site. District 46 is one of the heaviest voting districts percentage wise in the city and state. Of course it votes Democratic. I'll know more when I return to vote this evening. Imagine how many people that won't come back.