[Political Junkie Too]

In the old days of punch card ballots (hanging chads?), the ballots were mounted to the machines and you slid your cards into the slot to punch your choices. This meant that the machines had to be separate for each party.

With the electronic machines here in Texas, we get a receipt with an access code that we enter into the machine and then it displays the appropriate ballot for the party. This way, the machines are generic and the lines go faster.

-PJ

[octex]

You explained that very well.

I was pondering just how to explain the same thing, but you beat me to it!