My brother, the gun-toting Republican, registers Democrat for the New York elections. He says that for next election, he plans on voting for the 2nd strongest Democratic candidate. He knows there’s no chance of Republicans winning New York; the logic is that if the weaker Democratic candidate wins the primary, he (1) hurts the Democrat’s overall chances in the general election and (2) gets the satisfaction of fucking with the Democrats.
But don’t worry about him turning New York red; the Green Party for the Legalization of Marijuana is going to hack and steal this election anyway. All the talk of the crackability of the new line of voting machines is very reminiscent of the Florida "hanging chad" fiasco.
The voting system should be a simple issue, should be designed meticulously, should work flawlessly, and should not generate all this attention. A large part of the problem is that each state has its own voting system. Since the elections are (once in 4 or so years) national, why isn’t the voting system? Design it right once. Why design the system 50 times over? (Especially since state governments, with their limited budgets have the tendency to contract out to the lowest bidder.) Democrats, Republicans, (yes even Independents) we all have a common interest in an accurate voting system, so lets push for a national standard.
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