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nashville, tn<u+2014>complaining that there wasn<u+2019>t even some sort of button to press, disappointed first-time voter rob blackman told reporters tuesday he thought he was going to get to pull a big lever inside the voting booth. <u+201c>i was sure there<u+2019>d be a handle i<u+2019>d have to really yank down on to officially cast my vote, and then there<u+2019>d be this satisfying mechanical thunk sound,<u+201d> said blackman, 19, adding that quietly filling in bubbles on a sheet of paper was a <u+201c>complete fucking letdown.<u+201d> <u+201c>i always thought you<u+2019>d open up the curtain, see two big levers, and pull down on the one that corresponded to your candidate. but no, there was just a little table in there and that<u+2019>s it. this is such bullshit.<u+201d> blackman went on to say that he wasn<u+2019>t sure if he<u+2019>d participate in another election since there really wasn<u+2019>t an incentive for him to vote anymore. 




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