Comment Re:Toronto Mayoral election was a really good syst (Score 2, Informative) 376
We use this system in San Francisco and while I couldn't imagine how you could be confused by this, I witnessed it happen.
I went to vote sometime last year (we vote a few times a year in SF) and I waited behind a guy who was having the ballot explained to him.
The poll agent asked him if he knew how to mark the ballot and he said, "Yes, you just circle the arrow." She politely told him that he needed to connect the two lines of the arrow, to which he added, "And then circle it!" She said, "No, no need to circle it. Just connect the lines." He seemed to have gotten this and took his ballot away.
I got my ballot and began voting when I heard the agent say, "Sir, you seem to still be circling. Don't show me what you've voted, but show me what you are doing in the sample area." He proudly said, "I'm circling the arrows." At this point, having already finished, I turned in my ballot and left.
Just because its idiot proof doesn't mean we don't have idiots that can't figure it out. There are no voter eligibility standards in this country other than being over 18. Remember 50% of the country is below average intelligence and some of those on the border probably couldn't figure it out either.
I went to vote sometime last year (we vote a few times a year in SF) and I waited behind a guy who was having the ballot explained to him.
The poll agent asked him if he knew how to mark the ballot and he said, "Yes, you just circle the arrow." She politely told him that he needed to connect the two lines of the arrow, to which he added, "And then circle it!" She said, "No, no need to circle it. Just connect the lines." He seemed to have gotten this and took his ballot away.
I got my ballot and began voting when I heard the agent say, "Sir, you seem to still be circling. Don't show me what you've voted, but show me what you are doing in the sample area." He proudly said, "I'm circling the arrows." At this point, having already finished, I turned in my ballot and left.
Just because its idiot proof doesn't mean we don't have idiots that can't figure it out. There are no voter eligibility standards in this country other than being over 18. Remember 50% of the country is below average intelligence and some of those on the border probably couldn't figure it out either.
