commondreams.org posted this link to rumors of voting machine irregularities.

I was not told that I could have a paper ballot yesterday, which I would have made use of, because that is what I was expecting.

When I went to the machine, the clerk put in my driver’s license number.  I couldn’t believe it–how is this legal?  If the ballot is supposed to be secret, then why put in that information?

I found this article on the worst places to vote.  Unfortunately, Ohio is mentioned several times…

More here from ProPublica.

I can’t find anything on a quick search of putting the driver’s license number into the voting machine…so I’m at a loss to explain the justification of it.  If I had to show them my photo ID (which I did), then that is all that they need to know.  This really bothers me that my personal information was put into the machine before I voted—and how it will be used.