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To: JDN who wrote (38157)	11/24/2000 2:35:12 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 64865

We cant follow arrows and now you people want us to understand a PC? My Dear JDN, You use a PC every day. Look at the numbers of messages that you type! You expect me to believe that you do NOT know how to log onto the Internet? Do you ever withdraw money from your bank's ATM machine? Most Americans seem to know how. If they can manage to do that, then they can manage to hit enter on a computer screen next to the candidate that they wish to vote for. Even my mother cast her ballot via computer. She voted absentee at the County Court House, but she had to hit a computer screen. A box was connected to the computer screen that tabulated her vote on the spot! No excuses, JDN!!!! (ggg) Did Paddy eat your pumpkin pie? You sound grumpy. (ggg) If Americans can't learn how to use a PC at a voting booth, then we might as well forget about the economic prosperity that the technological revolution has brought to many of us. What Americans say "they can't do." Other countries citizens "will laugh and do it." I'll betcha a pumpkin pie on that! :) Cheers, Mephisto

To: JDN who wrote (38157)	11/24/2000 6:59:25 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

You bring up a good point; it's the Democratic point, which is that places like Orange Co. Cal, bastions of conservatism and wealth tend to have the most modern voting equipment and more error free voting. The poorer districts, generally Democrat, get the comparatively antiquated voting mechanism which produces things like dimpled chads and butterfly ballots. I'd think that'd cause you to be more empethetic to the need for thorough recount in the event of close election results. -JCJ