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>>>>Here in Georgia the ballot was different. You connected an arrow with a felt tipped pen that pointed to the candidate of your choice. The ballot even contained instructions as to how to correct a mistake.
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>>>I wonder if this varied by county, George. In Gwinnett, you used a felt tip pen to blacken a bubble next to the candidate of choice.
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>>It may have, Bill. I didn't even think that it might. So what I wrote may only apply to Bartow. Did your ballot have instructions on how to correct any erroneous selections?
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>If I remember correctly, it indicated that if you were a naughty boy and colored the wrong bubble, or colored two bubbles for the same office, etc., you could take the ballot sheet back to the ballot table and they would replace it with a fresh one. But I've never committed one of these no-no's ( that I know of ) so I haven't had opportunity to test it.

Neither have I. I must admit, however, that the old machines were much easier, and faster to deal with. Of course, there were a bunch of problems associated with that method.

The more I think about, the more I'm favoring doing away with the Electoral College. I'm beginning to think that it no longer serves it purpose and ultimately demeans the individual vote for president. Closely contested states become "battlegrounds" with more emphasis placed on them than others. The media watches these states in an effort to determine the outcome of the election.

I know some (as I've seen in this thread) will say, "but this isn't a democracy, but a republic", but that's not true either. In in reality it's a Democratic Republic or a Republican Democracy, since it utilizes principles from both.