Election Redux

Well, it looks like we finally are starting to get some answers as far as what happened with all those exit polls. Good NYT article, but what I like is the title "Report Says Problems Led to Skewed Surveying Data". Gee, and here I thought the thing that had lead to the skewed survey data was...uhhh....something without problems.

But its ok, because all those polls really didn't effect the election anyway. Of course they didn't. Polls are in newspapers, and nobody reads anymore. I mean, come on! We get all our news through that occipital jack, right? And I didn't see any polling news there.

At any rate, problems with the actual polling machines are worth noting. 2006 will be a test of whether or not we can work out the kinks. Honestly, I'm still skeptical - its kind of too bad we have to sacrifice accountability for technology - theres just something about those nice big levers in the upstate voting machines I've come to love.

And it seems that voting over the internet is still a long way off. Which is ok, since I'll just wait for the singularity, when voting will be like...sooo...2004. We'll vote with our minds.

Of course, I'm sure Diebold would still find a way too...well, I'll keep my mouth shut.