Voting Question...? How does one go about voting and making sure that

[masmdu]

the election officials know that your vote was cast under protest?

If I'm forced to cast my vote on a computer voting machine that has no voter verifiable paper trail I want my election officials to know that my vote is made under protest.

Is there any offical channel for doing this? Any thing one should do specifically at the time of voting?

TIA

[qb]

1. I saw an article where computer experts urged absentee voting

for everyone who lives in precincts with no paper backup. Can you imagine the impact it would make if these precincts had more absentee voters than election day voters?

There should be a major absentee voting drive for precincts that refuse a paper backup system.