Voting in New York

[NCCVV]

Thanks also for comments on Fusion Voting. Oregon just passed law allowing for Fusion voting again, I believe theirs is "single line" which might keep vote counting simpler. Doesn't require special voting software or machines like some other election methods being pushed.

[katelynlarese]

very nice, i really liked this :)

[rockgod420z]

I didn't think they would allow you to film inside the voting area.great video!!

[JoeFelice]

Thanks rock! I don't think those old ladies recognized my Flip as a video camera, but they will only stop you if they think it is intimidating or influencing other voters. There's no explicit law against recording, at least in NY.

[thirstymoose87]

where was that graffiti? My sister lives in NYC and I think I walked past that last time I was there.

[JoeFelice]

It's the west side of an avenue just above Houston. Probably Ave A

[DrCherryPie]

I had no idea neat video

[anonymousdane]

They shouldnt include Spanish instructions, only English. English is the official language.

[JoeFelice]

English is NOT the official language of the US or of New York. Nor is there an English literacy requirement to vote.

People who have a beef with Spanish can take it up with immigration law. If you're already a citizen, you're entitled to your vote, and the ballot exists to record and communicate your will as accurately as possible. Not to weed out people who've made it this far.

[menicknicknick]

Right on.  I totally agree.

[122172639]

We have no official language... and generally, France aside (for trying to wipe out the Breton culture and language), modern times have shown that making a language the de jure official language is only positive when it is to PRESERVE something that, say, English is wiping out (Irish/Gaelic in Ireland, Maori in NZ, etc)... it should NEVER be to EXclude citizens. Ever. We sorta came here to get away from that elitist control. Why would a nation of immigrants act like England still rules them, eh?

[anonymousdane]

Well they dont do that over here in Hong Kong when there is a legislative election. Its all in goddamn Chinese! And whats more is I cant get a Chinese passport, guess why? Because Im not racially Chinese. The West needs to wake up and prioritise its self. Becuase Asia and Latin America are certainly not accomodating us!

[y512516]

@anonymousdane

I know this comment is 2 years old

but what you've said is another example of American Ignorance and self centered nature

[122172639]

I miss our old big metal lever systems in NC, though ours were a little more like 1930's cash registers or the "return" for typewriters... always had this cool cha chingy sound. I voted by touch screen this year... granted, it was very cool--the cartridge that encrypted my information to make sure it was me and only me, only once, too... then barack, bev, kay hagan, howard coble, yes for this, no for that, no for that, too, yes for this other... tappity tap tap and then confirmations at the end.

[Ynhafabs]

Now our votes will definitely be stolen when the transition from analog goes all digital...ugh!

[8394147]

I love the voting booths. It saddens me they are getting rid of them. I see people on the new writing shit with pencils and feeding it into a machine -- WTF? That seems even more primitive than the lever. And using computers worries me... they can be programmed and deprogrammed. Eeek!

[mellie4040]

we're voting by computer in tennessee...surely they're not still using these?

[nicholas9999]

Wow, who knew?! Thanks for showing me that machine, as I suspect it may be the last time!!

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[RoboWii83]

i hate when i have to vote, the machines are like as old as the hills and the lever sticks alot, one time, trying to use a stuck lever, I moved the machine by accident

[EcksAddikMcAddik]

Thanks for showing me the American way of voting. Since I talk to Americans for a living, this vid helps a lot.

[SingingC8]

I really enjoy your videos. This was great and the end scene of BarackOman (superman)was a nice addition. I liked how you didn't speak over it, you just let it shine in it's glory!

[zpooky]

What an interesting and amazing machine.

Truly a relic and a witness of many election processes.

They could not have had a better farewell... The victory of BARACK OBAMA on Nov 4th 2008. Definitely a date that was going to be in the History books.

[vomisacaasi]

They should not get rid of them. I think that they work better then some of the ones they have now.

That was the type of machine I used the first time I voted in 1979.

[godlyfighter]

That was somehow beautiful.

[300dollarsperhour]

I'm Canadian and I've never actually seen the fabled ancient boxes that everybody criticizes. Your footage has put a different and intelligent perspective on US elections. Thanks.

[Georgiaboy56]

that was really cool joe really interesting

[annabagel4]

HOORAY FOR VOTING!

Go Joe(:

[thechico1979]

im going to miss those machines as well even though this is only my 2nd presidental voting year.

[atmchino]

thanks for the video. i remember seeing those machines at my school and following my parents into it when i was young. cant believe i missed the election by a month, and now i might not get to even use those clunkers in 4 years? how saddening.

[JoeFelice]

Well, you should vote in one year, when you elect a mayor, but yeah they will probably be different then. (Maybe not!)

[anonymousdane]

Voting looks like fun, I wish I was old enough to vote. (Im not the age it says in my account information). Why is the voting so complicated though? I thought you just ticked in one candidates name.

[nflstreet2beast]

yea haha same here! all i thought u did was vote for pres/vice pres and like few others not like 20 lol

[EndlessVoids]

I am so glad that I got to use one of those machines before they go away.

[0c4pnh4nk]

I really like the graffiti showcase Joe.

[FueledByRock]

I was upset because the machine where we were voting broke down, so we had to do a paper ballot. I guess 2004 was the last year I got to do the big machine.

[baugher3]

i wonder who you voted for... i think i can take a guess -.-

[jedibugmaster23]

cool!!!^_^

[jillenium00]

That is one crazy machine. We just use pencils on a sheet and drop it into a cardboard box

[usnationalist]

your voting boxes are way cooler than what i got to use. Mines more like a scantron and when your done you feed it to a machine.

[faithslayer500]

This was really interesting! I'm from Australia, we vote on paper....I had no idea such a machine even existed. All the switches...and the big lever at the bottom LOL. Just, wow.

[clankdud]

Forgot to add that our school did a mock vote and obama won :P

[AJAX556]

Now.........Can we drop early voting and start dipping our fingers in ink?

I'm serious.

[JoeFelice]

People want early voting. You'll have to tattoo them. They do the same arrow process in California.

[AJAX556]

I work with a guy from Guadalajara and he's explained the voting process in Mexico.

Ours is a joke.

He's got a voter card w/ his picture, thumbprint, signature..address ect., and some chip.

And they do ink their fingers. He says it takes about a week to get it off.

[AJAX556]

Joe, I do hope you and NY gets paper machines. I'm against computer voting.

Using a computer to tally the votes is one thing, like we do here in FL, using the optical scan. But I'm against a touchscreen system that prints a "voting receipt."

Voting in FL has been regulated to coloring in an arrow.

I kid you not. I vote by taking a felt tip pen and filling in the middle of a broken arrow.

But hey, it's paper and it's damn evident as to who you vote for.

[Twinkiest]

Looks really complicated and there looks like a lot of reading.

[SirChadwic]

WoW! That was very interesting. I dont even remember those machines back in my first vote. Thats when I voted for McGovern to get Nixon out of office. Seems like I saw them once in a class field trip in grade school though. And you guys still use them?? I bet they're better than the new computerize ones. GET OUT THERE AND VOTE FOLKS!

[sugarpuddin88]

"Working Families"?

You can actually vote for something that abstract?

How is any candidate to claim such a thing?

[JoeFelice]

It's just a name. There's nothing more "republican" about Republicans.

[hezbollah95818]

hey Joe awesome videos. +1

[HisRoyalDudeliness]

I got a piece of paper and a Sharpie. Fuck you.

[NemoNotEmo]

Wow. The ending was powerfully amazing.

[AJAX556]

Any black panthers at your polling place?

watch?v=ZKQiA3zmaW8

watch?v=nUfyXoa5k6w

[LegendJDT]

righton

[clankdud]

Response to bucks vid lol.

[JoeFelice]

Hey, glad it pulled one person over! I met him recently and was surprised that he already knew my name.

[clankdud]

Actually I watched it about 20 mins before yours was up. I recognized the name.

[KosmicCitizen]

Even that contraption is too elaborate - you guys really need to go to old fashioned paper ballots. Have a secured box in each precinct under watch by both election officials and representatives of parties/candidates on the ballot, who all participate in the counting at the end. It works marvelously in Canada, and there's no plausible reason it couldn't work in the U.S. It solves so many problems and remove doubts from voters that their vote actually registered correctly.

[alexsmahoney]

I'm not giving trying to give u a hard time.

Ps. YOU ROCK!!

OBAMA I HOPE U WIN!!

[thunderhayes]

Too bad Georgia has cameras banned, otherwise I would've taped mine.

We have fancy touch screen systems...

[djdk89]

Man i bet a Hobbit lives in that machine !!

[testing4echo]

Im in LA and have never seen such a machine. Nice. Thanks for this video

[sisforshayla]

hey that was cool! i didn't know ny had booths like that..nice

[alexsmahoney]

Joe isn't it illegal to video tape yourself while your voting? lol

[JoeFelice]

I don't think so. Anonymity is a right but not a requirement.

[jo05dk]

WOW! That's rly complicated compared to what we do here in Denmark. We each get a piece of paper (often quite long), and we're only alowed to put one x on it. It can either be for a person, or we can cast our vote on a party, and let them figure who in their line up get's the vote.

That maschine lookes like you'd need an education in order not to screw up.

Gope the election goes your way, as itr is the way the whole world is hoping for.

Obama ftw!

[Vestboy91]

Nice, i learned something new today!

[rattlergrl]

New York must be an interesting place to live. Hope I get the opportunity to visit one day.

[LondonMoonie]

I've walked passed that Alfred Hitchcock stencil many times, but I never knew there was a super-Obama there.

It's nice to see the inside of a voting booth since I am too young to use one.

[ImGuss]

Wow definitely different from Miami. It's just filling in the bubble for me. XD

[RandomShadowMan]

Awesome video. Obama FTW!

[pickles2626]

That was some old school voting ya did there Joe haha

[JoeFelice]

I know, you expect it to say Truman instead of Obama.

[IdleGod]

Huh, that is a really nifty machine. Now, making electronic voting machines that simple....

[718Digital]

nice ending

im leaving to go vote now, ill post my video when i come back

[RishavR]

wow thats really neat Cant wait till I'm old enough to vote! haha