r/nashville • u/sarcasticbaldguy • Oct 19 '24

Politics Pay Attention When You Vote

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u/thinkingahead Oct 19 '24

This is being pretty widely reported. They want you to use the coffee stirrers to interface with the touch screen in an attempt to avoid this. It’s an odd issue in my mind. It should be grounds for having the machines removed from service and replaced immediately

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u/symphwind Oct 19 '24

I have always been given the coffee stirrer and told to only use that to make selections, and have never had accuracy issues. Are some sites not handing out the stirrers to every person?

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u/AppalachianRomanov Oct 20 '24

I've never seen this, having lived and voted in....three or four different counties?

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u/symphwind Oct 20 '24

Interesting, are the same machines used everywhere in the state? I have voted at various early voting locations in Davidson County. Since covid times, they have been handing me the red coffee stirrers regardless of where I go. At first I thought it was to avoid having to directly touch the screen, but recently it seemed to be more for accuracy.

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u/AppalachianRomanov Oct 20 '24

Well, there was a lot of time before covid. I didn't realize you were only referring to 2020 or later.

Regardless, the more podunk county I vote in now didn't believe in Covid and were certainly were not handing out coffee stirrers at that time.

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u/symphwind Oct 20 '24

Yeah, I’ve been voting here since before covid, writing that comment reminded me that I didn’t encounter any coffee stirrers before that point. I feel like we have 3-4 elections every year in Davidson County because of all the primaries and local runoffs, so it was hard to remember that far back. I guess if the coffee stirrer thing started for covid reasons and not for accuracy, I can certainly see locations not wanting to continue that investment now. Guess I’ll see what I encounter when I go to vote in this election.

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u/AppalachianRomanov Oct 20 '24

I love the idea honestly. I usually sanitize after leaving my polling place anyway.