[03:04] <valorie> btw I'll be at a genealogy conf Wed - Sat, but I will have telegram
 @valorie, Have fun :)
 Don't party too hard!
[03:37] <valorie> ha
[03:37] <valorie> you know genealogists are quite the wild crowd!
 :)
[03:38] <valorie> oh nice, defcon hackers have broken voting machines within hours
 Wow, how surprising...
 Like it was totally a good idea to make these machines electronic in the first place...
 Mhmm
[03:40] <valorie> I <3 paper ballots
[03:40] <valorie> thank goodness my state uses them
 Next year I will have the honor of doing my duty as a citizen of this great country and voting!
[03:40] <valorie> any machine that doesn't have paper backups is worthless IMO
 Especially for the purpose of this machine, I agree...
[03:41] <valorie> great! you'll cancel out my vote
[03:41] <valorie> lol
[03:41] <valorie> I mean voting machine, obv
 hah :)
[03:41] <valorie> although I did run a lil backup of this one tonight....
[03:42] <valorie> but not paper!
 Is there something I can like volunteer for on voting day?
 Seems exciting
[03:43] <valorie> you can be a poll worker
[03:43] <valorie> but that's paid
[03:44] <valorie> I used to do that but we're mail in now
[03:44] <valorie> no poll workers
 Can just anyone sign up?
 We still have them, I at least know that
[03:45] <valorie> it is a looooong day
[03:45] <valorie> pretty machines
 https://elections.wi.gov/elections-voting/voters/become-a-poll-worker
 The nominees are to come first from lists submitted by the two dominant political parties, which are due no later than November 30 of odd numbered years, and may be supplemented at any time.
 Waaaaat
 Come on now, that's kind of corrupt
 At the very minimum I will vote
 I firmly believe it's my duty as a citizen
 Ah, my county regulations are better
[03:55] <valorie> they usually have poll workers of both parties
[03:55] <valorie> supposedly watching each other like hawks
 The day I turn 18 I'll go fill out an application
[03:56] <valorie> in practice I never knew which person was which party
 Added to my "I just turned 18" TODO list :)
[03:56] <valorie> lol
 That's fair
[03:56] <valorie> good for you
[03:57] <valorie> I've never skipped voting -- even voted on the way to the hospital to give birth to thomas
 That's amazing
[03:57] <valorie> I was gently encouraged to go to the head of the line
[03:57] <valorie> lol
 Hahahahaha
 I bet!