[Grampa Dave]

"What handwriting? On the ballots in my precinct, all we had to do was blacken in circles to indicate the desired candidate."

In California to get a ballot to vote on election day, we have to sign our name in a designated space by our printed name in the computer printout.

We had a friend in the old days before our computer voting who would show up at the last minute before the polls closed. She would look at the names and signatures and get a quick tally of voters. Then she would sign the book with her name and the last voter # with the number by her signature.

In the 2000 election, the gals at the voting place demanded to know what she was doing. Her response was that if there where any votes past hers, someone was going to jail.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

We had a friend...who would show up at the last minute before the polls closed. She would look at the names and signatures and get a quick tally of voters. Then she would sign the book with her name and the last voter # with the number by her signature...the gals at the voting place demanded to know what she was doing. Her response was that if there where any votes past hers, someone was going to jail.

Ladies And Gentlemen, I think we have a winning strategy here for EVERY precinct in ALL future elections. And use a digital camera to photograph each page of the roster...just for good measure. Unfortunately, this would leave us with a one-party country....Fortunately, it would be the Republicans!