County boards of elections are trying to get ready for elections to be held in 2006. The governor mandated that all election machines produce both an electronic vote and a paper ballot. The paper ballots will be used so the voter can verify their vote before casting it and as a backup system to count votes.

In addition, those who are too damn lazy to vote on election day take advantage of early voting need to have their votes counted in their precincts and not as a separate total. This requires changes in the voting equipment.

So, the county boards of election are asking for cash.

I'm not sure why they really care. We found out after the last election that the votes don't actually matter because the General Assembly has determined that they have total power to determine the outcome of elections -- even when the State Supreme Courts tells them that ballots were cast illegally, the General Assembly can choose to count them anyway.

Tell me again what the point of voting in North Carolina is?

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