How fucked are we?

I don't know yet. Seriously, I could come up here and say "Oh, man, we are so fucked, and here's why," and then go off and do some fierey diatribe about how everyone sucks... but I just don't know how fucked we are yet. Boing Boing.net, one of my favorite newsblogs, is continually documenting reported errors, voter fraud, intimidation, etc. However, when I went to vote, everything went smoothly, despite the fact that the young lady who was working the book couldn't find my name. (She was younger than I... and... well, she had big hoots, so I forgave her. How horrible.) So I don't know what to think, although I am very, very, VERY glad that McHenry County is still using paper ballots. It makes me feel much more secure in the fact that my vote will not be lost in the ether that is a hard-drive crash or hacker attack, and will instead be shredded with thousands of others, mashed into a fine pulp, and spread about in the worlds largest hampster cage.
Updates to come.