All The News That Isn't

You'd think that less than a week before an election, the Washington Post might actually be able to find some news. Yet on October 27, an article stated breathlessly that "Faulty Ballots Sent to Voters: 126 Erroneous Items Mailed in Latest Mistake by D.C. Board."

So the District's board of elections sent incorrect absentee ballots to "as many as 126 District voters." 126. Wow! And there are how many hundreds of thousands of voters in the District?

Have you ever reached for something and picked up the wrong thing? I presume you're human, so the answer is probably yes.

Last election, I received a ballot from my county board of elections for Reynoldsburg 3C instead of Worthington 3C. I called the BOE, reported it, returned the wrong ballot, and voted the new ballot that they sent.

Does the Washington Post also report instances of cars wearing lane markings off the highway? What a non-story!