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nice.

AKRON -- Machine failures don't sway resolve of man looking to cast his first ballot.
Gregory Chinn entered United Presbyterian Church in East Akron with a shirt that read "November 7th" and a button with "I will vote today". He couldn't see either one himself, but he wanted others to know that he meant business.

"This is the first time in my entire life that I've ever been able to cast a secret ballot," Chinn said.

The 50-year-old has been blind since birth and has always been forced to have someone else cast his ballot for him. This year was supposed to be different. Summit County purchased new voting machines for the visually impaired, but unfortunately, Chinn's machine wouldn't work.

As the hours ticked away, Chinn refused to give up. He sat in a corner and waited for a new machine to be brought from Board headquarters. It finally arrived and Chinn accomplished his goal four hours after coming to the polls.

"And there's so many issues that concern me, especially because I'm a person with disabilities," Chinn said. "It's very important for me to participate in the political process."

It's doubtful that very many of the hundreds of voters who cast their ballots at Precinct 10-J even noticed Chinn waiting patiently in the corner for his chance to vote. Poll workers certainly did take notice, and applauded Chinn's resolve.

"I told him that I respect the fact that you'll wait so you can vote when other people could care less," said Kalli Alvis, poll worker.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/elections/e...?storyid=59017

that's great ... hooray for our new secure electronic voting machines! it's a victory for us all! gah, why don't we have a barfing emoticon ...