Top Ten Reason America Should Allow Voting By Phone

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10. If Dancing with the Stars is any indication, EVERYONE has at least one phone.
9. No need to mess with the Driver’s license issue.
8. Phone Bills act as paper trail.
7. No more hanging chads–the phone company can trace hang-ups.
6. New use for Strategic Defense Initiative–intercept electronic voting fraud.
5. Keeps “Ma Bell” alive.
4. No disenfranchisement–as long as you pay your phone bill.
3. No delay from absentee ballots with international calling.
2. Includes otherwise left out groups–shut-ins, nudists.
1. We’ve already got the whole wire-tapping thing figured out.

Laurel Wilson is a novice screenwriter with an eye toward the political. Readers can contact her at frenlk@yahoo.com