A surprise at the polling station [View all]

Small town in SW NH. Used to have paper ballots, which from my perspective should have been a point of pride. Plus, I was confident that my vote was counted and allocated correctly. Total voting age population in town? Maybe around 1,500. Not exactly an onerous counting job.

And yet. . . Imagine my surprise when I was confronted by an electronic ballot reader. (Should have attended town meeting, I guess.) Confidence level now compromised. Maybe the votes were counted correctly. Don't know. The guy overseeing the ballot machine proudly pointed to the prospective tabulated readout on the wall, assuring me, in a sense, that because it was a computer, it would be correct.

At this point I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Dixville Notch, with a voting population of under 15, has decided to go to electronic ballots.