these long lines in the big state urban areas. It's been going on for years now. Any chance of national legislation mandating tying numbers of machines to numbers of registered voters? Does that pass constitutional muster? Otherwise, yes, TOSS THE GOP OFFICIALS overseeing the suppression. 2010 really brought a toxic crowd into both state govts and Congress. It's intolerable. of voting.  Between the travesties in Michigan, the dishonesty in Florida and Ohio, and the shenanigans in Waukesha County, WI, it is clear that there needs to be uniformity and supervision.  But getting Congress to take up the issue is another thing entirely. We should not be fighting about equal pay for equal work and access to birth control in 2012. Elizabeth Warren The west coast is truly the model for the rest of the nation.  Many of the other states so badly bungle voting that they make our country look like a laughing stock.  But not us in the west.  Of course we do take forever to count up our ballots. ...voting here has always been a breeze. Want to vote early at an early voting location?  Just drop in. Want a mail-in ballot?  Just ask.  Want to be on the Permanent Early Voting List so that you always get a mail-in ballot?  Just fill out a simple card.  Didn't mail your ballot in?  Drop it off at a polling place.  Oh, and if you want to vote in person on November 6th, you can do that. I've never spent