what does the law say on this voting question?:

[donsu]

do we have to use the voting machines presented to us or can we request to vote with pen and paper?

I realize each state is different and each polling place is different, but is there any over riding law about how to register votes?

[ret5hd]

1. well, i know ONE of the issues (of many) re: electronic voting...

is that at least in some jurisdictions, the electronic 0's and 1's is the OFFICIAL ballot. My guess (yes, just a guess) is that those votes that aren't on an OFFICIAL ballot (in my example, electronic 0's and 1's) won't count for squat, regardless of what you write your vote on. Of course, i have not covered absentee ballots, which are still on paper.

[blondeatlast]

2. Good question, and it's one reason I will vote early by mail

if given the opportunity.

I hope we can get the answers here, though.

[donsu]

3. but can't mail voting be rigged too? like who keeps them secure

as they come in, in the mail. who oversees the counting, etc.?

[donsu]

4. could the people in a voting district get up and demand an alternative

way to vote for people who don't trust the riggable machines?

surely, in america, the land of the free, voters have a way of controlling their own voting district!!

ok, so it's too late for all that. america is dead.