Sir HC
Joined: August 31, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 4059
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 04:54 PM UTC
#
So mom spent 20 minutes doing a vote. They had hosed up machines and how it was supposed to work where they print a receipt then you vote, but the receipts wouldn't print. Then she had to fill out a provisional ballot and that took like 20 minutes and was a big pain in the a$$. She nearly left in disgust as it was way too much trouble.
alex
Joined: October 07, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 950
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 05:13 PM UTC
#
Click here!
go here and enter your name and other info, it should come up with your polling place and such.
if your name doesnt come up, perhaps your registration didnt work. [/QB]
Yeah, I didn't register in time, because it's not coming up. Technically I guess that means I can still go back to my hometown in Virginia and vote for Webb!
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 07:36 PM UTC
#
There was an Hispanic lady with broken English just ahead of me in line. She had an obvious "Anchor Baby" tot in tow. I think speaking English should be a requisite for voting.
ggw
Joined: December 16, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 14237
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 07:41 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by Surly Bonds:
When I was voting today on the touch screen, all of a sudden the picture went blank for just a coupla seconds and when it came back I saw Super Mario at the bottom of the screen for just an instant. What does it mean?
The plumbers' union hacked your voting machine.
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 07:41 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by Surly Bonds:
I think speaking English should be a requisite for voting.
Your ballot wasn't printed in more than one language?
pjrudolph
Joined: January 05, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 272
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 07:47 PM UTC
#
Voted this morning for the first time in person. Have alway done absentee in the past.
Venerable Bede
Joined: October 16, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 3863
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 07:51 PM UTC
#
voted this morning. the line at starbucks was longer than the line to vote (yes, my voting place is in a starbucks).
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 07:52 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
voted this morning. the line at starbucks was longer than the line to vote (yes, my voting place is in a starbucks).
What time did you get there? I must have just missed you.
Did you get a doublepumpfrapalattemochachino?
Venerable Bede
Joined: October 16, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 3863
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 07:56 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
voted this morning. the line at starbucks was longer than the line to vote (yes, my voting place is in a starbucks).
What time did you get there? I must have just missed you.
Did you get a doublepumpfrapalattemochachino?
got there around. . .8:15 or so.
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 08:09 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
there around. . .8:15 or so.
Yep, just missed you: 8:25.
By the way, nearly 50% of CA voters vote absentee. A slightly higher percentage drink coffee.
Venerable Bede
Joined: October 16, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 3863
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 08:15 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
there around. . .8:15 or so.
Yep, just missed you: 8:25.
By the way, nearly 50% of CA voters vote absentee. A slightly higher percentage drink coffee.
8:25? we had just left- wife had problems cause she didn't know if she did the motor voter registration (she wasn't on the voter rolls).
50% of california voters? oh, you mean of those who voted, cause california will barely break 50% voting turnout total, including absentee.
there are more starbucks in s.f. than mcdonalds, wendys and burger king's, combined.
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 08:25 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
50% of california voters? oh, you mean of those who voted, cause california will barely break 50% voting turnout total, including absentee.
Sorry, yes, I meant 50% of those who actually vote, and I'd be shocked if we got even a 50% turnout of registered voters this year.
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 08:34 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
there are more starbucks in s.f. than mcdonalds, wendys and burger king's, combined.
Fast-food Zoning restrictions and a clever formula business ordinace are to blame/thank for that.
ratioci nation
Joined: November 22, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 4463
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 09:03 PM UTC
#
Inaccurate sample ballots describing Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and Senate candidate Michael S. Steele as Democrats were handed out to voters in at least four polling sites in Prince George's County this morning.
The ballots were handed out by people who said they arrived by buses this morning from Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Erik Markle, one of the people handing out literature for Ehrlich, who is seeking reelection, and Steele, the current lieutenant governor who is campaigning to replace retiring Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D), said he was recruited at a homeless shelter in Philadelphia.
After a two-hour bus ride to Maryland, Markle said the workers were greeted early this morning by first lady Kendel Ehrlich, who thanked them as they were outfitted in T-shirts and hats with the logo for Ehrlich's reelection campaign. Nearly all of those recruited, Markle said, are poor and black. Workers traveled to Maryland in at least seven large buses.
godsshoeshine
Joined: September 18, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 4826
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 09:16 PM UTC
#
yes, lines were not long in reston. poll workers said it was nuts earlier, though
HoyaSaxa03
Joined: March 22, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 7053
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 09:19 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by Surly Bonds:
I think speaking English should be a requisite for voting.
big surprise there :roll:
terry
Joined: September 17, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 255
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 09:28 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Inaccurate sample ballots describing Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and Senate candidate Michael S. Steele as Democrats were handed out to voters in at least four polling sites in Prince George's County this morning.
The ballots were handed out by people who said they arrived by buses this morning from Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Erik Markle, one of the people handing out literature for Ehrlich, who is seeking reelection, and Steele, the current lieutenant governor who is campaigning to replace retiring Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D), said he was recruited at a homeless shelter in Philadelphia.
After a two-hour bus ride to Maryland, Markle said the workers were greeted early this morning by first lady Kendel Ehrlich, who thanked them as they were outfitted in T-shirts and hats with the logo for Ehrlich's reelection campaign. Nearly all of those recruited, Markle said, are poor and black. Workers traveled to Maryland in at least seven large buses.
Where did this article come from? Please tell me this is a joke. Please, please tell me this did not actually happen.
ratioci nation
Joined: November 22, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 4463
Re: Did you vote?
November 07, 2006 at 09:54 PM UTC
#
Originally posted by terry:
Where did this article come from? Please tell me this is a joke. Please, please tell me this did not actually happen.
i got it from dailykos.com who got it from national journal's hotline