I am not a Luddite. I find progress to be good and in many situations, long overdue. The dropping of a ballot into the ballot box is a ceremonial gesture, the final stage in the ritual of voting.
A new ceremonial ending to our participation will replace the casting of a paper ballot. We'll have to wait to see what that is.
Think of all the news photos of a candidate dropping a ballot into a ballot box. The tableau doesn't work without a ballot box. But the world will go on.
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