In response to my FB post announcing that I have already voted in the midterm elections, a reader writes:
I refuse! Earlier voters in my county found that, when they went to enter their ballot in the machine, it didn’t work. “The State sent us the wrong software.” Riiiiiiight….I’m waiting til November. So they can also tell me I need a photo ID. Please. Tell me.
The process for Minnesota early voting was simple: fill out an application, show them a driver’s license or other form of identification. They give you a ballot, you fill it out with your choices, put it in an envelope, put that in another envelope, and dump it in the box. The counting will occur at a later date.
The only computer involved was the one verifying we live in Ramsey County.
All that said, it’s regrettable that our country has polarized so much that what might otherwise be a simple, honest mistake has been transformed into a grim suspicion of incompetence or malevolence. Examples include my own writing with regard to Secretary of State Kris Kobach of Kansas and SoS Brian Kemp of Florida, candidates for governor of their respective states.
If & when the Republican Party is burned to the ground, metaphorically speaking, and rebuilt, hopefully honor will be part of the foundation of that new Party, along with a commitment to truth.
