Disenfranchisement is a Feminist Issue
Oh, voting machines. After the Florida fiasco back in 2000, it would be great to know that all voting systems had been improved and were now nearly failproof.
Uh, not so.
Machinist, a website devoted to tech news and blogging, has a table showing the riskiest voting machines being used today. While it’s certainly possible that nothing goes wrong, the possibility of disenfranchising voters is still there.
This isn’t an election people are taking lightly--this is monumental and historical, and people have spent agonizing hours deciding which candidate is receiving their vote. Let’s hope they don’t use any of these machines that have a decent chance of messing up, and while we’re on the subject, let’s hope that their state’s primaries aren’t after today – there’s not really much incentive to vote in primaries after the nominee is all but guaranteed post-Super Tuesday.
This is something that feminists should be concerned about – disenfranchisement of voters, whether through machine failure or a poorly scheduled primary season, is not beneficial to anyone who cares about what goes on in this country.
Oh, voting machines. After the Florida fiasco back in 2000, it would be great to know that all voting systems had been improved and were now nearly failproof.
Uh, not so.
Machinist, a website devoted to tech news and blogging, has a table showing the riskiest voting machines being used today. While it’s certainly possible that nothing goes wrong, the possibility of disenfranchising voters is still there.
This isn’t an election people are taking lightly–this is monumental and historical, and people have spent agonizing hours deciding which candidate is receiving their vote. Let’s hope they don’t use any of these machines that have a decent chance of messing up, and while we’re on the subject, let’s hope that their state’s primaries aren’t after today – there’s not really much incentive to vote in primaries after the nominee is all but guaranteed post-Super Tuesday.
This is something that feminists should be concerned about – disenfranchisement of voters, whether through machine failure or a poorly scheduled primary season, is not beneficial to anyone who cares about what goes on in this country.