How are they gonna print it out if they are still stranded in a ravaged area without electricity? Walk miles through sewage puddles, over downed trees and wreckage and overturned cars? People in those spots are sharing solar phone chargers for chrissakes! A lot of home generators have run out of gas already. Your tagname suggests you live in SD? Try and imagine this like a bunch of tornados hit, or something, just to get a grasp of how bad it is in some areas there right now, okay? I'm from FL and lived through Andrew, so I know EXACTLY what misery these folks are dealing with. If there is a way for them to vote, using this sytem that is already in place for out-of-town residents, then it's right to use it for storm victims.

The procedure, according to Durkin, will be to call or email the county clerk to get a ballot application emailed to you. Once filled out, you email it back, then get the ballot itself emailed to you.

Sounds Good to me then I can stay at home and watch the election coverage!

get ready for fraud voting ! with hackers and cheaters this will get out of control in a hurry and will cause delays in counting and the finger pointing !!!!!

No it is not perfect but given the situation it is a commendable move. If there is any fraud it would likely be in the local races, NJ is expected to go to Obama by a wide margin, the number of electoral college votes will remain the same regardless of the margin, I would only suspect fraud in the national vote if Romney suddenly won NJ.

I must say I did not like Gov. Christie, but in the past few days he has been superb and he is doing what a good leader should do. He has bridged the aisle and is working for ALL NJ residents regardless of their political affiliation.

He is proving to be an American first and a Republican second and the Republicans are attacking him for being a patriot, they should hang their heads in shame.

Word on the street is they are very unhappy with obummers handling of the situation. If not for private business they would be up schitz creek.

Americans should not be so eager to disenfranchise our fellow Americans. Victims of a natural disaster who have already lost so much and are facing great challenges should not be further punished by Americans who are so paranoid that the idea of some remote chance of abuse is more important to them than American citizens exercising their more cherished american privelege of suffrage.

It is intersting to view the hand wringing comments of outrage on this discussion thread that some persons who are displaced by what is being called one of the worst storms in the History of our country, and look at their other Newsvine posts. Intersting because these are the same contributors who are always taking conservative and/or Republican stances. Just like with the efforts of Republican Legislatures in more than 30 states, which have tried to suppress the votes of the poor, elderly and infirm, and minorities (who are less likely to vote Democratic candidates) by making the processes of voting more difficult.

Republicans are so insistent that massive voter fraud is costing their party elections. Could it be that what costs them elections is that their ideas have not persauded and appealed to a plurality of voters in those elections they have lost, and that the other party held more appeal?

FYI: An Oregon Republican volunteer for the Clackamas County elections office was arrested Wednesday. She was reportedly filling in all "undervotes" (where no selection was made by the voter for a contested office). She was filling in all such undervotes with the selection of the Republican choices. Oregon's department of justice has opened an investigation, which may be expanded to other Oregon counties.

So I guess voter fraud may be the problem that the Republicans warned about. And apparently they would know (the perpetrators usually do!)

Word on the street? Box, you are making that up..how silly. Word on the street? Trolling, I see. If not for private business? Umm, nope.

@mellen in ATL - Think about your comment a little!!! If the person is in an area that is "ravaged" and has no electricity how are they getting e-mail access to start with. Even if they had some battery power left in a laptop, their network connection would be down. If someone has the ability to send and receive e-mail the odds are pretty good that they can print something as well. And just for the record, the SD is for San Diego not South Dakota, but I grew up one the east coast and have lived all over the country. I have been through more than my share of hurricanes and major storms, so I know what the conditions can get like. I am not insensitive to what people are going through, but I do not see jeopardizing the integrity of our election process with some ill conceived, not well thought out work around.

JS

Apparently they have cell service so it could be done by smart phone, an Iphone can also be used as a hot spot to allow multiple laptops access through one spot. If there is a running car a power inverter can be used to charge laptop batteries and some may have car chargers. While I would not run my desktop from a generator I would have no problem charging my laptop battery with one.

With a little ingenuity and out of the box thinking it can be done.

Isn't ingenuity and out of the box thinking what has made our country great in so many respects in the past.

We can file our tax returns electronically. Seems we ought to be able to vote that way, too.

The NJ votes won't mean much anyway. Romney/Ryan will win in a landslide.

The shellacking will continue.

Why was it such an issue to the left to require ID to vote. They complained that people couldn't afford to get ID, it was just too much trouble. Now you say to go ahead and use a smart phone? Can't afford to drive a few miles and pay a couple of bucks to get ID but I can use my smart phone?????

Robert in Oregon - If you want to see cases of democrat voter fraud look north to Washington State.

JH,

Where the heck do you live? Get out of your little cloistered community and wake up to reality. Most likely it will be pretty close, but if a landslide does occur at the electoral college level, it will be with Obama winning.

I'm sure that it is possible that in your district, maybe your county and maybe your state, that Romney wins. However, your area does not represent the entire country.

As if it really matters. Obama has a 12 point lead there. Is there any doubt who is going to win NJ?

JS in SD,

I'm not as concerned as you are. For one thing they can flag all these votes and if they are enough to swing a winner one way or the other, they can be contested and recounted/verified. In reality, they will be able to verify these votes even better than just some tallied up number in a computer voting machine.

As far as someone knowing how you voted, you can make the same argument about most absentee ballots too. I can understand that maybe you'd be embarrassed about anybody knowing that you voted for Obama, but I don't think it is that big a deal to most people. And if it is, than don't use this system. The article says you need to check off a waiver of privacy. That's all about the safeguards. The article also says they been doing this already for residents who are out of state or overseas.

Seems like the choice here is vote this way or don't vote at all. That is why they are allowing this. I don't think Christie would agree with it if he didn't think he was doing everything he could to give people the opportunity to vote. I will give him a lot of credit for that.

Now I'm not sure we want to make this leap across the board for any election yet, but I'm not so sure that it couldn't be done if designed well enough. There are ways they could assign random unique pins for any voter who registered this way. They might go so far as to make your vote as tallied, available for you to check using this pin. maybe even print out a coded receipt when you voted. In a lot of ways this could really be better. Right now I push some buttons and it gets tallied in that machine, (I think), and then those numbers are rolled up with the counts from other machines and then for the district, the county, etc, etc. I have no way of verifying that the way I voted is the way it was counted in the final total. There are a lot of opportunities for someone to manipulate things along the way. We have already seen things where some Secretaries of state have miscounted, misplaced or otherwise lost vote counts from entire districts. Think about how easy it is to stack an election board right now? Think about how easy paying off someone with a few grand could change an election. Think about how those privy to the voting software might manipulate things and never get caught because you and I can not verify that our votes were counted like we made them.

The main thing that keeps it honest right now is the penalties if caught, but it may not be so easy to catch someone. The kind of system I'm describing means that you or I or anyone could catch cheating.

I'm not ready yet to make this kind of change without hearing exactly how it would work, but I can think of a lot of ways that we could make things more bullet proof that they are today.

I thought the idea of using Army trucks to set up temporary polling places OUTSIDE of the original polling places (or very close) was an excellent idea). Perhaps they could even use Army generators to help polling locations that are in good shape but just don't have electricity. Most Army generators can power 5 homes, one polling place will be no big deal.

It does not seem logical to allow emailing of votes. Too easy to hack, and besides I though the main reason was because people didn't have electricity for their laptops, or to charge their cellphones, I won't mention heat. If you have power in your neighborhood, go take 15 minutes and vote. If not, use the Army polling trucks. Why change the system? There have been many reasons in the last 250 years when people couldn't vote easily due to a natural disaster, they always figured out a way. Usually involved walking and a little bit of an inconvienence.

We lost power for 10 days this last summer due to a storm. 105 degree heat. I don't remember the Army bringing ice and gasoline for our generators. I guess it pays to live in a place that votes 'D'.

I agree with JS in SD, this could turn into a real mess like Florida in 2000. What about those who do not have computers, printers or transportation to the recorders office which may be on the other side of the county ?

Well let's put it this way. They found a way to make it work. Where there is a will, there's a way.

Stunned,

I believe they are going with the temporay polling places too although it may not work everywhere. The idea here was originally about giving first responders, people involved in the clean up, etc, who may be nowhere near home. the opportunity to vote without taking them away from the important work they are doing. If it works for other displaced too, that's fine. I know a few people who had to leave because of getting flooded out and are staying with relatives a few hundred miles away. I'm sure there's a lot of people in similar situations. A lot of people aren't going to be back in their homes for weeks and a fair number have no home to go back to.

In a strange way, being able to vote may very well give them some small sense of normalcy in an otherwise chaotic and tramatic existance right now. I think it is easy to forget how many people have been displaced. Sure there's a lot of people who are sitting in dark cold homes, but otherwise no worse for the situation. But there's a whole lot of people who aren't that lucky.

To all of you alarmists: Remember, this same voting system is ALREADY being used by Americans who reside outside of the U.S., as well as by servicemembers. To date, fraud has been very minimal or nonexistent. Nothing new to see here, folks.

Essex County Clerk Chris Durkin told NBC 4 New York the program is being run on an honor system, relying on voters to only use the system if they truly can't get to his or her polling place.

LMAO! Honor System? Are you kidding? Obama camp is so desperate I bet more votes show up for NY than they have registered voters!

I wonder what Bloomberg thinks of this...or Barry for that matter!

Some Muslims celebrate Hurricane Sandy’s destruction

On 9/11, many Muslims around the world celebrated the destruction of the World Trade Center.

A Muslim man posted the following question on a popular Islamic website:

"Should we celebrate and be happy watching the Hurricane destroy several states in the US, or should we sympathize with our fellow human beings?"

Sheik and Dr. Nasser Alomar issued a lengthy response at http://www.elmokhalestv.com/index/details/id/43779.

Here are some excerpts from that response, translated into English:

We and Allah should be happy and we should celebrate for what has come against the prideful tyrants. America is the leader of oppression and tyranny throughout this century and it uses its money to oppress the Muslim people and Muslim nations from the far East to the far West…

The wind that is destroying America is a blessing from Allah, we should be thankful and be happy "to God belongs the order before and after; and on that day the believers shall rejoice, in the help of Allah;- Allah helps whom He will, and He is mighty, merciful.-"
Quran: AR-Room 30:4-5

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JS in SD

This is just flat out wrong and does not have adequate safeguards to prevent it from turning into a massive fraud.

I felt the same way about FL when Bush was elected!

Many people were evacuated and may be hundreds of miles from their homes and local polling place. An e-mail voting system seems reasonable in the circumstances. If you don't want someone seeing how you voted find another way, or don't vote.

This is a very bad idea, just from reading this part.

"the program is being run on an honor system"

I'm surprised the republicans are up in arms over this. Republicans worried about voter fraud when they support Romney and his family and business associates buying up voting machines to distribute throughout five states themselves? I think what the republicans are most worried about is getting caught for voting fraud in New Jersey.

We should all stand behind email voting because emails are notoriously difficult...nigh impregnable...to hack.

If it makes anyone feel better, the number of effected voters will not make a difference in the popular vote or the electoral vote per several articles, lib and conserv, which I have read.

If Governor Christie is okay with it, it must be a decent plan....he already once had to contend with an opponent who was convicted of voter fraud.....his campaign used absentee ballots. I remember the guy's name was SMALL, but not the details.

I have more fear of the Post Office losing my mail in ballot than somebody doing something illegal.

Is there anyone here who hasn't had the Post Office deliver something important to the wrong address or just plain lose an important piece? (if it leaves the sender and doesn't get to the addressee....it's the post office.

The real crack up in my case....my precinct votes in my garage and I am one of the precinct clerks. I vote absentee, because I am busy taking care of my neighbors' voting needs on election day.

I could write a book about the things that come up at the polls, some of which requires common sense or a call to the Registrar on the hotline. Bottom line...it's a full 14 hour job to fascilitate voting; moreso because the ballot is in 4 different languages than anything. "The book" can't cover everything.

I've also read the articles about poll watchers....... it is distressing to me this is an issue because of politics...has nothing to do with preventing fraud. Odds of someone trying something at a polling place is slight.

And hiring lawyers to attempt to shut down polls in Ohio at precisely 7:30 even if people are in line to vote......should definitely fall under the heading of interfering with the election process.

Poll watchers....come on down to my garage. You can watch all you want from my property line. I will let you look at the roster for 5 minutes every hour under my observation. If you so much as speak to one of my voters, I will have you escorted away. And if you touch an absentee ballot....you belong to me.

That's the law, I don't give a damn about your politics.

People make way to much of the privacy of their vote. The reason for the secret ballot is to prevent coercion by government or other powers, such as your employer. Unless it is done in an organized way, such as with poll watchers recording how each person votes, and threatening those who vote "wrong", the loss of secrecy is no threat to democracy. If you're so ashamed for your neighbors to know who you voted for, why do you display campaign signs and bumper stickers on your property?

Makes no difference about their votes..OBAMA won NJ easy already.

Why you think Romney never goes to NJ?

OBAMA 2012

Nope.

At least once! ;)

@ Amunaka

Could you be a little more negative please, are you trying to suppress the vote of these people. As Americans it is their right to vote and every effort should be made to help them vote for their choice. Do you wish to make them feel more helpless than they already feel.

Have you ever been through anything like this, do you enjoy stepping on these peoples already traumatized psyche.

Well this is how you screw you an election. Plus the decision isn't based in law, one individual made this sweeping decision without rule of law. Bad.

To...Anti"""

Sorry but I ain't the one doing the suppressing or the vote counting....

just saying

Amunaka

By saying "Does anybody really think their going to count them", you could discourage some one's desire to put in the effort to vote, and this vote will take more effort than normal.

This in effect would be suppressing a vote by planting the thought that their vote may not count, and discouraging them from putting forth the effort.

By the way (Does anybody really think their going to count them) their should be they're.....just saying

To..anti""""

You are kidding right ...me planting the thought or discouraging voters from putting forth the effort to vote....or that their vote won't count or be counted..

when did I become the republican party

Amunaka

"when did I become the republican party" never said you were, but a statement like yours read by people in the disaster area, who's spirits are low, and are despondent and discouraged, may actually be further discouraged from putting in what could be a huge effort by some who are still in shock or traumatized by what has happened.

To..Anti"""

Sorry again but my words mean nothing compared to what we have seen as discouragement to voting this election cycle...

can't pin that on me

Amunaka,

I will agree that your statement won't have the effect that the organized voter suppression movement by the GOP will have.

I will say though that not having any faith is a tough way to live. I suspect your original comment was mainly sarcasm. But I also know that a lot of us get suspicious that the system can be rigged. I worry far more about that than dead guys or illegals voting. You have to do that in front of people watching. But count manipulation when our individual votes get lost in the noise? That's where the real risk is.

Funny how the Republicans, some of whom own or have interests in the voting machine/software companies, don't seem too worried about that. Their vision is that 20 million illegals, who they'd just as soon put in front of a firing squad, are all going to risk getting caught to steal an election for the Democrats.

We all sometimes feel it's all rigged against us and want to just say "chuck it all", but we need to keep the hope alive that it can change and know that it will take hard work and be done one step at a time. We can't quit trying. So this coming Tuesday, buck up your hope a bit and get out there and vote, no matter who it's for. And just maybe your vote does make some kind of difference.

Antistupidity

@ Amunaka

Could you be a little more negative please, are you trying to suppress the vote of these people. As Americans it is their right to vote and every effort should be made to help them vote for their choice. Do you wish to make them feel more helpless than they already feel.

and here we have a prime example of how each of us flies in the face of our Constitution and it's 1st Amendment provision. Most of us are prone to negate the opinions of another because they do not agree with our vision of an issue. We MUST make them believe as we do.

Why is it so necessary to point out what someone else said and make them wrong...like I just did?

Food for thought, huh?

3score&4

I am by no means suppressing anyone's freedom of speech, but under the First Amendment I have the right to state my opinion and to challenge anyone's opinion and debate the point. Maybe they will see thing's my way, maybe I will see thing's their way or maybe we will just agree that we disagree.

Who are you to attack people for arguing/debating a point

anti

if the statement amunk makes anyone change their mind about voting they probably shouldn't be voting in the first place

DUDE;

Despagaging the voting process does little. Making statements out of ignorance is...well...IGNORANT.

Any of you wanting to take shots without knowing, have the right to call your Registrar of Voters and tell them you would be honored to participate as a volunteer in the voting process.

Forget about the idea that the Registrar his or herself, has a job and reputation on the line.

The republicans have done every thing to suppress the vote just what do you think this is going to do?

How many seniors have access to the computer??? Get a life

Every senior I know has access to a computer, while some may not be as proficient with it as a younger person, most of them have family or friends that will help with the acquisition and return of the ballot without interfering in their choices.

I have to help my Grandchildren use computer's.

Thanx for bringing it up. My Dad died recently. He was 82. College Degree and intelligent.

One of my favorite things to do before he died was to watch him curse holler and fight with his computer. He eventually got it, and entertained me in the process.

Dear jrl. Every states sets their own voting regulations about early voting. Some states have no early voting, while others do. So, people in every state can't always, "opt for early voting." Don't be so negative, it will make you ugly.

exactly john here in new jersey we do not have the option to vote early

John and Michael, I don't mean to sound negative, but at what point do you start to change the rules for voting. My ultimate concern is that we tend to react in a knee jerk reaction and no one ever ask the question of what will the change do in the long run.

Jrl...I think this disaster would qualify....don't you? Seen any pictures? Watched any news coverage...is anyone doubting this is a disaster? When towns and neighborhoods are washed away and destroyed, I believe it qualifies...

So fine, make some regulation, but OMG..that means government involvement.

Hilarious!

To..bear""""

Maybe in the not too distant future it could happen....

and you're right .. .." what a world "

Dear wind. The only known and convicted accounts of voter fraud in recent history have been by Republicans. You are so obviously biased that you need to get a brain. NY and NJ have always went Democratic by huge margins and will, legally, again. Get a history book if you want to start making fantasy voter fraud accusations.

Dear Wind: The voting machines in Ohio are not secure either; they're owned by Mitt Romney's sons!

wind - the process is almost identical to voting via the US mail. You have to apply to the polling authority, prove you are registered by filling out a long questionaire, and then they send the ballot email. Isn't the internet wonderful? You send and recieve emails all the time and don't worry about hacking, right? That's because it is all securely ENCRYPTED, and if you are internet-savvy enough to post to news commentary sites like this one, I bet you also use anti-virus software and a firewall, right? Let the grownups who have already thought about and solved these problems do their job without you fretting over it. And let the American citizens in storm damaged areas have their vote, k?

Mellen...Awesome post.... :)

John,

You are incorrect. Ask Governor Christie about his opponent in jail for vote rigging using absentee ballots......

I was confused by the "early voting in NJ comment above. Absentee IS early voting and NJ has it.

Dear Intel2. You have such a wonderful opinion of people. Try being a little positive and you'll feel better.

Intel2 -- Every method of voting invites fraud.

Dear Lisa. You really should get help for your anger issues. Does it make you feel better? Does it improve your life? Angry people have more mental and physical problems and have shorter life spans. Get a grip, girl. It's just life.

Just why is he a traitor? is it because he is helping the people in New Jersey get a life because you need to get one when the people in your town will go threw this, hopefully next time it will be you and you will know how it feels to loose everything. I am a democrate and I think Christie's is doing a great job for his people of New Jersey. You are nothing but a racist

Lisa, what exactly are you angry about, anyway? I don't care for him either, but he is making a good effort and working across the aisle, too. Why the hate?

Well well, it looks like Gov. Christie is setting a fine example for the party of voter suppression that it isn't nice to try to disenfranchise folks of ANY background, color, ethnicity, or political persuasion.

Hear that over in Ohio, Florida, et al?

Gov. Christie has made it crystal clear for you Republicans, so hear it again: He doesn't give a rats ass about presidential politics, Republicans, Romney, or any of your little games, got that?

Thank you Governor for putting your people first.

Too bad not more Republicans are like you.

You are precisely what is wrong with this country. I am as liberal as they come, but I applaud Christie. You're calling him a traitor for putting people above politics. He was elected to serve ALL of his constituents, not just the Republicans.

People are dead and countless others have lost everything they own, and you're accusing Christie of being a traitor for doing everything he can for them? You are a terrible person.

Christie, I know there's not a snowball's chance in Hell that you'll read this, but on the minuscule off-chance that you do, why don't you ditch the Republicans who have turned on you so quickly and join us liberals? We've got your back.

OH...It burns...It burns...A Republican and a Democrat working together... It burns so bad she can't stand it.

Gov Scott belongs in jail... Why does Florida have to be so F$&/@: up? Everyone here hates him, o one admits to voting for him, yet he is in office being the crook that he is...even staunch repubs deny they voted for him...everyone wishes Crist was back..at least he wasn't a crook and tried to do the right thing, which got him excommunicated from the repub party.

MOM RN:

There has been a LOT of news out of FL that would have me moving out. You sound too intelligent to be there.

This is not a "stand your ground" issue....get out while you can. I have figured your entire state was FUBAR since the dangling chad incident.

Oh, yeah. I'm in CA....I'm used to people talking crap....but Florida scares the HELL outa me. Come on out....no mosquitos and not too many retired NewYokers.

Just moved here from Minnesota 5 yrs ago...I have a really good paying job making 6figures and for a bedside RN that is really good. The beaches here are really nice, and we have a house too. I would live California and originally I chose Florida for a transfer with my previous hospital but then came across this position and am making good money, sit in the OR on weekends and nights and wait for a patient..if no patients, like the past 2 nights, I just watch tv, blog, sleep whatever and it all pays the same.

Maybe someday California, but i have heard they have messed up nursing regulations. I laugh at the politics here. I have no idea how Rick Scott is governor, everyone here denies voting for that crook and he is trying to make the GOP here even more prevalent. But I deal...ughhh

And thanks for the kudos on my intelligence...appreciate...and it's true. :P

He might as well become a Democrat, since his Republican supporters are turning on him like a pack of rabid dogs. Anybody who cooperates with Obama is the devil to them. Limbaugh just called him a "homo". Be thankful you're a Democrat.

Thats only because they are racist

Repubs eat their young in that party...they WILL not be BiPartisian anymore...they want it all, they want to keep women barefoot and pregnant, the gays silenced and placed back in the closet with a padlock, the minorities in the back of the bus, or not on a bus at all....

And no illegal immigrant is stupid enough to try voting in a federal election....that would be the quickest way to deportation.

my girl

now why bring up racism, if you didn't have that card to play you would have nada. is it true the ones who cry racism are the biggest racist or just like that band wagon better

I am the bogeyman and know ones found me yet. I don't hide in bushes. LMAO

... shouldn't that be "under every Bush" (aka Jeb, George, et al)?

You are sick

My diagnosis...Dave is correct, he is not sick.

Repubs blamed it on the gays too. Democrats and gays are to blame for everything bad, repubs are the reason for everything good. NOT

But why did the RNC for the last 2 elections get interrupted by hurricanes....maybe they should listen to what God is telling them....

pinecone

It just shows how dumb you really are!

There you go, calling people dumb!

How funny! I was nodding and about to agree with you until you added the last sentence. You do know you just name-called, right?

I don't think the word 'dumb' in this context is a 'name'....more like a state of mind.

The only one that is going to be laughing at us is any one that votes republican

These people are in a diaster situation, what whould you want done to you if these happened to you??

I bet you are another college graduatet that is book smart with no common scense

Thanks for your concern about us being lazy. But over 1/4 of our state is still without power. Some towns frankly dont even exist anymore. People should be spending their time getting gas and supplies for the cold weather we are now getting. Not how to get halfway cross the state to place their vote.

CTViking....voting should be made easy...it is the democratic process...when it was difficult, only certain people got to exercise their right to vote.

These people have lost family, friends, homes, businesses and for many they have suffered a loss of all the mentioned....so now they lose their right to vote as well? WRONG...

The only ones concerned seem to be the repubs because hey were hoping now to get NJ....good for you Christie...I applaud you even though I thought I never would do so....I will be watching your career...keep up the good work and bipartisianship, I may even vote for you for Pres some day....

Voting is a RIGHT and a PRIVILIDGE. No one should be turned away, and every effort and opportunity to let people vote needs to be made available...

@ctviking- there are MANY places in this country that don't even have physical voting places. Where I live in Oregon, it is mail in only. Oddly enough, there hasn't been a single case of voter fraud ever reported here.

Well, ct, what country do you live in? Why do you think it should be made hard? That doesn't even make sense unless you're trying to stop some certain group from voting.

I agree...voting should be made as easy as possible....along with the candidates stand on the issues with 'facts' and 'opinions' clearly defined.

People in the storm ravaged areas are already sharing solar phone chargers and sharing use of their smart phones and internet capable tablets, etc. Since one's email account can be accessed from any such device, poor people also have a chance to vote via email. The way the email vote system is set up, the Registered voter has to fill out a lengthy emailed form, return it to be verified by the poll authorities that they are in fact registered, then the ballot is returned to them to vote with. It is no more fraud vulnerable than voting by posted paper mail. It is also not really hackable in any meaningful sense during the send and receive process. Do you fear hacking every time you send an email? The only downside is that voter privacy is lost during the ballot print out - but poll workers always work in teams, are vetted and bonded, so again, fraud is hard to achieve.

Their not laughing at us...just those like you.

You are right - in the feeble minds of these people, anyone who collaborates with Obama in any way are traitors to their cause.

Well, guess what? Christie just told them all to pound sand and good for him. As a liberal Democrat, I had a suspicion that if push came to shove, he would bail out on these creeps because he does care about his constituents before anyone else. And when the unthinkable finally happened (something I knew was just a matter of time), it shook him personally because of his own memories of spending time at the Jersey Shore in past summers were so fond. He took this personally, and no one, not Mitt Romney or anyone else is going to intervene in his own personal committment to help us any way he can, even if it means telling his own party to go to hell.

Thank you Governor, it is appreciated.