Voting in person in Manhattan (as opposed to by absentee ballot, which is what I did all through college) woke me up to just how open our system is to voter fraud and shady dealings at polling places. There was a little snafu with my registration, so I had to fill out an “affidavit” ballot. When the woman handed it to me, she explained that one votes down the columns, and, pointing to the Democrat column, explained, “The last woman I helped just filled this column down the line.” It was a pathetic attempt, and it made me feel kinda dirty. They had nowhere for me to sit, so I filled the ballot out at a desk with some poll workers sitting around me, watching as I filled in all the bubbles. One of them said that she hoped Golisano got a lot of votes, that he could really “shake things up.” No i.d. was required, none of the poll workers really seemed to know what they were doing-the whole thing was depressing, and a bit scary.