October 24, 2002
Provisional Balloting Heats Up in Missouri
More sound and fury over provisional balloting. It amazes me how we don't devote the resources necessary to the most basic task of a democracy (please, nobody tell me we live in a republic, not a democracy) - to accurately and fairly vote. It's crazy the way we take voting for granted, as if it needs no money and no oversight. The St. Louis election board is notoriously awful - poorly maintained voter rolls, poor communications, and one year they even switched ballots between congressional districts. Quite frankly, they need all the help they can get, and we need to spend a little to make democracy work. When you realize how much money government at all levels handles, it makes sense to spend more than a pittance on one of the most basic functions of democracy - voting.
Posted by Kevin Murphy at October 24, 2002 12:47 PM | Local Politics
