Smooth Sailing All The... Oh Shit!

It wouldn't be a 21st century U.S. election without fuckups and problems at polling places.

Wait, it's what century again?

Crooks and Liars: 9:00 am Eastern Time And Already Problems Being Reported (Plus How To Make Sure Your Vote Counts)

Talking Points Memo: Reporting from Summit County (OH)...

And here's a handy resource-
Election Incident Reporting System

[UPDATE (11:30am): Here's some more...

MSNBC: FBI looking into possible Va. voter intimidation

KDKA (Pennsylvania): Voters Experiencing Difficulty With New Machines

Think Progress: Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) has trouble voting.

AP: New rules, machines frazzle poll workers

And much, much more from Missouri, Florida, Tennessee, Illinois, and Colorado.]

It's not even 9am yet... and the stories are already piling up. A cynical man might assume these problems were done on purpose to discourage potential voters, but I don't even know if I can be that cynical. More likely, it is just the gross incompetence which now seems to be an American value to our government.

These incidents may seem isolated, and they also occur in the most crucial states (how odd!) and therefore they shouldn't be easily dismissed. I will update with more horror stories later in the day. What a fucking mess our system is. Are we proud? We have had months- years- to prepare for this and nothing is ready. Is this the democratic example we want the world to follow?

Please go vote, though. Someone has to.

[UPDATE #2: Worse than this is hearing of Republicans laughing these concerns off... Michelle Malkin is writing all of these reports off as 'moonbat' nonsense and radio host Laura Ingraham is instructing callers to prank the Dem Voter protection hotline. This is an election and they are treating it like a game. Pathetic. These people need are disgusting and need to be stopped.]