Yesterday was voting day in OHIO and also a debut on the beautiful, brand spanking new voting machines!

Unfortunately, in many parts of the state, they didn't work.

I was surprised that they even had these machines where I voted. I only assumed that they were setting them up only in Cleveland. However, even though it was the primary voting season, I did my civic duty and went to vote. Of course (which may reflect the voter apathy of many people) I was the youngest person in the room (and probably the youngest person out there voting yesterday). So, showing me how the machines worked was a breeze to the voting official. He remarked on how quickly i voted, making a general statement on how "people under the age of 60 are computer literate".

However, I am concerned about the quality of these machines. If anyone has problems voting, then the voting official would have to come over and help, noticing what/whom the person is voting for/against. These new machines are creating a lack of privacy.

Plus, while voting on a digital machine is more efficient than poking a pencil through a hole, could it be used to disenfranchise more people from voting? What if you are not computer literate? How would you vote? Those considerations must be kept in mind for voter reform.

It's already bad enough that voting officials have a hard time finding my name on the voter registration list--why should voting, which is a civic duty, be made into an excrutiatingly difficult process?