I just voted; the line wasn't very long surprisingly. I guess it might have been worse earlier in the morning. This election cycle has really soured me on the whole direct democracy thing here in California. The recall is a complete joke, and I don't have enough time to really make an educated decision on these other propositions. I think my voting strategy from now on is to default to a no vote on all propositions, only voting yes when someone has really convinced me it's worthwhile.

It's quite disturbing how insecure the electronic voting machines are here in Alameda county. Of course, no one will pay any attention to this issue until some serious tampering occurs.