Vote on Tuesday (Gritting Your Teeth: Optional)

So you're going to vote in the May 09 Primary.  You're one of those stalwart citizens who's going to go out and do her part, and so what if the candidates aren't headliners this time around. Government isn't about glamour; it's about taking care of the daily grind of the people's business.  Will it be done ethically, intelligently and responsibly, or not? 

“It’s beyond clear that the Sequoia Voting Systems machines in use in most New Jersey counties – and some in Pennsylvania, including Montgomery County – were an expensive mistake at best.”

It’s official: The Philadelphia Inquirer has joined the legions of those opposed to insecure, unauditable unrecountable direct recording electronic vote machines (DREs). And especially the Sequoias now in residence in Montgomery County and across New Jersey. Finally. Read their recent editorial here.

The Montgomery County Election Board decided to buy seventy-five more voting machines at its September 18 meeting – the same direct recording electronic machines that we’ve been working to get rid of since 2005. About ten of us were there to speak and monitor the proceedings – not a bad turnout for 24 hours notice of the meeting.

You know those moments when you open up a newspaper or magazine and you start nodding your head? You're in such complete agreement that it feels like you wrote it. Or maybe you're just happy to have your thoughts confirmed, but possibly with a touch of envy, like "Gee, I wish I'd said that."