Voting is a complete catastrophe across all levels.. reports are rolling in about how bad it's been.

..One of the DCs not votable
..Computers have been left unattended on the ground.
..Waits of 20 minutes or more to vote.
..Slow or nonresponding polling places.

There's a meeting tonight at 7:30 in Eshleman between J-Comm, Elections Council, and Parties to figure out exactly what to do. Elections Chair Sciortino has agreed to forego his stipend.

I almost killed Elections singlehandedly today. I was IM'd this morning that it was possible to vote from home. Not being very up on elections bylaws, I put it on Calstuff along with a cheerful 'Vote Squelch!' message.

However, the real problem was a nonworking firewall that was allowing in outside IPs. After some confusion, it was discovered that only 16 people had voted from home, and the firewall is apparently patched. I took the message off Calstuff.

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