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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Alaska Governor's race
Could America get any less serious about elections? Frank Murkowski lost his primary in the Alaska governor's race. A lot could be said about how the press covers this primary vs. the Connecticut senate race. A lot could be said about how the race now looks for the general election. But what caught my eye is how Alaska doesn't honor democracy:
For some voters, casting a ballot wasn’t easy Tuesday. Parents found themselves juggling voter’s guilt — I’ve got to cast a ballot today! — with getting kids to and from the first day of school in a punishing downpour.
Valley families struggled to rebound from the week’s flooding as rains returned in the Mat-Su, but Lt. Gov. Loren Leman, who oversees the Division of Elections, said late Tuesday that no polling places actually closed and turnout didn’t appear to be significantly down statewide.
Tuesday was the first time the state used new touch-screen voting machines, but the Alaska Democratic Party urged voters avoid them, saying the kiosks weren’t reliable. The Division of Elections said the new technology is secure, but when Leman visited a Turnagain polling place, volunteers told him only one of the more than 400 voters had actually used the new technology.
Why would you hold an election on the first day of school? Do parents really need more to juggle that day? And no one seems to trust the machines that will count the votes. Ain't that grand?
