The Vote, Unfortunately, Has Indeed Been Rocked

During my brief hiatus, there have been quite a few developments in the outcome of the voting problems that plagued Maryland last Tuesday. Bruce Godfrey and MyDD, fortunately, have managed to keep on top of things, along with David Lublin, Russ Louch, and others. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the recent developments is that the failure of the Montgomery County Board of Elections to send out access cards to the polling places, which caused massive delays in the ability of people to vote, may be the smallest problem we have to deal with. If the stories are true of voting machines in Prince George's County "mysteriously" showing up as late as a day after the polls closed, then whether we use paper ballots may not matter, so long as we have corrupt political machines to contend with.

As mentioned below, the counting of provisional ballots begins today, which includes all the ones cast in Montgomery County that may or may not push Donna Edwards ahead of Al Wynn in the 4th Congressional District race. Let's all hope no further mischief goes on.

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