Vote, Vote, Vote

So my boss just walked in (yes, I'm at work) and asked if it was like election day or something? YES, IT IS.

Though, if you don't know that you probably don't really know anything about what you're voting on, so it might be ok if you stay home.

If you do go to vote, you'll notice the fancy computers are gone and we're back to good old paper and pen. And this is going to mean hours of work through the night for elections officials.

It takes the scanners 15 minutes to count 100 to 200 ballots, so crews expect to work throughout the night to tally the roughly 600,000 ballots on decades-old technology.

The problem is that those fancy computers were maybe a little to fancy.

The reason for the delay in results is restrictions placed on the use of electronic voting machines by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen that force 20 counties, including San Diego, to use paper ballots.

Bowen largely banned the use of certain machines after an independent review of three manufacturers last summer showed that the systems could be easily manipulated using typical office tools and limited computer experience.

In case you're wondering what company that is, it was Diebold and now it goes by the name of Premier Election Solutions. And I had a friend who was working temp for them up in LA and became a whistle-blower because he had evidence that showed they were rigging the last election. And a massive suit was brought against him. Go democracy!