How we used to vote

[n1ywb]

Kyle dodged and wheeled, and heard a cry: his brother, just behind him, had been struck. Next, someone clobbered Kyle, who drew a knife, but didn’t have a chance to use it. “I felt a pistol put to my head,” he said. Grazed by a bullet, he fell. When he rose, he drew his own pistol, hidden in his pocket. He spied his brother lying in the street. Someone else fired a shot, hitting Kyle in the arm. A man carrying a musket rushed at him. Another threw a brick, knocking him off his feet. George Kyle picked himself up and ran. He never did cast his vote. Nor did his brother, who died of his wounds.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/13/081013fa_fact_lepore

Sort of puts things in perspective.

 

[JNickel101]

Hmmm...okay, well, in 2012, if I'm in PA, I'll be sure to bring my knives, bricks and musket to the polling station....

And yes, you're right, it does....