UPDATED: What it feels like when your vote goes missing.

I've empathized with people who have told these stories here, and now I sit wondering if I'm a victim, too:

Lake County results may be hours away

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The tallying of machine votes was also slowed by one missing cartridge in a precinct from Hammond’s Robertsdale neighborhood (District 1, Precinct 9), and two cartridges from Gary precincts.

I vote in District 1, Precinct 9. They told me this morning they only expected 150 votes for the whole day; my vote and my wife's vote were two of those.

And I suppose 150 votes in the grand scheme of things isn't much, but it is a hollow, sucky feeling to know that your vote is missing and might not be counted.

UPDATE: All missing cartridges are in and votes being counted, with the exception of Hammond 01-09.

UPDATE 2: All's well that end's well? All precincts were counted in the end, or so it seems. There are still serious problems with voting systems, specifically a need to back up data and provide voters with a verifiable record of their vote. My heart goes out to everyone whose votes were never counted, but that's not enough. We need to make this right, and soon.