Voting: Why can't we get it right?

Long lines, glitches reported during early voting

It seems kind of amazing when you think about it. We've managed to put a man on the moon, yet we still can't figure out a reasonable system that allows our electorate to have a fair and reasonable vote.

Already there are nightmarish reports of 3 hour waits in order to vote and people having their votes switched from Barack Obama over to John McCain (so far from what I've heard on NPR and articles I've read like the one I linked to above, there have been no reports of votes intended for McCain being switched to Obama.... hmmm..........). I just hope that we can manage to have a fair and transparent that election that allows the voice of the people to be heard.

People are frustrated due to the economy, the wars, and the political nonsense that's run rampant for years. If it seems like they are getting scammed out of a fair vote I fear all hell will break loose.

I guess this is what you should expect when you put the responsibility for having working voting machines in the hands of private companies who seem to have bilked millions of dollars out of the taxpayers for a shoddy product. Our government should sue these companies and get our damn money back for false advertising and supplying a subpar product.