Voting Machine – Photo by NYTimes by Ruby Washington
The Fixer:

Some people like the machines, some people don’t. Some people say: “When y’all getting rid of these things? They’re all broken down.” But it’s a machine. It takes a lot of wear and tear, and you have to do maintenance to keep it up. It’s like a car. You buy a brand new car, eventually that’s going to wear down, too, if you don’t keep up the maintenance. This machine right here might look old on the outside, but when you repair it, oil it, grease it, keep most of the parts working, it’s good to go.
To tell you the truth, I like these machines. With all the problems they’re having with the computerized machines, these are solid. You can’t tamper with them. They’re talking about maybe in 2009 getting rid of these dinosaurs and bringing in computers. All of this will be phased out. No more of that manual screwing parts on. Maybe it’ll be a slip of the cartridge or whatever. We’ll miss them, but what can you do?
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It’s beautiful to see this warehouse empty. Everything slows down a bit. We do our job to the best of our abilities so we don’t have to run around that much on Election Day. We’ll know on Tuesday morning if our hard work pays off.