I feel shitty for not posting this a month ago, doubly so because I recently spoke with a friend who didn't quite understand the deadlines and bullshit between him and casting a ballot; my friend may not be able to vote this year because of it. Anyway, I voted today. I sent off my absentee ballot with all that "we guarantee it will get there and by a specific date" stuff, I consider the extra postage well spent. I've bitched and moaned and griped about our Scary Voting Machines here for years, so I won't remind you, except to say that you shouldn't pop the champagne just yet. As always Brad will tell you why. Check him out if you haven't lately. If the Democrats are sitting around counting chickens and committee chairmanships, they're stupider than I thought. But you, gentle reader, are smarter than that. You know as well as I do: there's nothing Rove won't do to win, and all it takes is one carefully selected precinct's worth of "unforseeable problems" to turn an entire state. I hope all of you used your absentee option this year. I know I feel better for doing so.

UPDATE: Heh. I do a little surfing and what should I find: everyone with a brain is talking about this now. I completely agree with and endorse this post:

Hacking Democracy starts tonight on HBO, watch it if you can. As always, the BradBlog has been in the forefront and has written a review of this documentary.

Here's RawStory's take on Hacking Democracy.

With all the attention that e-voting has been getting in the media, and it's not just a couple of articles here and there, the lack of attention from the “mainstream Dems” and the “A-list bloggers” is stunning.

Stunning indeed.