It's time once again for the United States to exercise its democracy, and as we all know exercise is good for you.
However, the actual process of casting that valuable single vote has run into a few snags at the polling stations, in particular one high profile situation which seems to have voters selecting one candidate, only to see their vote recorded for the other one.
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It calls to mind a now legendary episode of The Simpson's, from four years ago, where Springfield's most dedicated voter ran into a wee bit of trouble with his voting machine adventure as well.
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It does leave us a tad confused as considering the importance that Americans attach to their right to vote, leaving the fate up to a machine does seem rather odd.
A piece of paper and a X have worked for hundreds of years in any number of nations (including Canada), time consuming yes, but with checks and balances that at least reduce the odds of trouble, not to mention four years of suspicion as to which candidate "really" won any giving district.
After all, if Homer notices there has been a problem with these machines, perhaps it's time to re-evaluate their contribution to Democracy.
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