Common Ground
A homeowner in Waukesha for 20 years, Steve is president of the Waukesha Dog Parks Organization and enjoys motorcycling, fishing and staying on top of politics.
Voting Should Be Treated With Reverence
By Steve Bukosky
Tuesday, Sep 12 2006, 05:38 PM
For some reason, the space given for voting at the 4th Ward's Hawthorne School has gone from the easily accessible and spacious school gym to a walk down a hallway and into the school library. From several voting machines to a single machine. And that one machine is blocked from inserting the finished ballot by the line of people coming in the library to check in. No verification of identity was required. I could have used any name and address plucked from the phone book.
Voting is a precious right. I believe it is also an obligation to vote and to educate one's self on who you are voting for. I also believe that all campaigning should be done hooked up to a lie detector!
Providing a good environment for voting should be high priority. The taxpayers and voters paying for such things as a spacious fire house downtown and a spacious bus terminal, should be given voting accommodations better than a crowded closet! I wonder what's happening at other wards?
