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#1

Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 3:38pm

I got this email today! Keep your eyes open y'all!



>Subject: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION
>Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:00:07 -0400
>
>Please read the message below and check your ballot before you leave the
>voting booth!
>

>Yesterday a friend voted early at a polling location in Austin. She voted
>straight Democratic. When she did the final check, lo and behold every vote
>was for the Democratic candidates except that it showed she had voted for
>Bush/Cheney for president/vice pres.
>
>She immediately got a poll official. On her vote, it was corrected. She
>called the Travis County Democratic headquarters. They took all her
>information, and told her that she wasn't the first to report a similar
>incident and that they are looking into it.
>
>So check before you leave the polling booth, and if anything is wrong, get
>it corrected immediately. Report any irregularities to your local Democratic
>headquarters.
>
>Make sure you pass this along to your friends ... hopefully this is all over
>the airwaves by tomorrow ...
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#2

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 3:43pm

"Voted early"? WTF?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#3

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 3:45pm

yeah like 4 or 5 states do vote early....Texas starts and I believe Florida has started
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#5

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 3:45pm

I never heard of that! How odd.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#7

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 3:46pm

No I think Texas has started as well
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#8

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 3:46pm

I've lived in three states and have never had the option to vote on any day but Election Day.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#11

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 3:51pm

I don't recall any other presidential election where early voting was offered. I'm sure this has something to do with Florida's voting history.

We voted via absentee ballot, but my parents voted today and said they had to wait over an hour in line to reach the polling stations. Most, in Florida, seem to be utilizing this early voting system.
#12

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 3:55pm

Because in FLorida they are already experiencing computer problems....apparently it keeps going offline....god knows how many votes have been lost already
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#14

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 3:59pm

My father voted today in Florida. It was a hassle to do it, though he said.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#15

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 4:00pm

If they have a week to vote, why is everyone going on the same day? Kind of defeats the purpose, no?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#16

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 4:04pm

It has been like this everyday. We have friends who went last week and said it was incredibly crowded.

Yes, they have been having a lot of problems with the electronic voting machines. We anticipated this, which is why we did the absentee ballot. I'm concerned.... at least we know that Kerry has two votes that SHOULD count.
#17

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 4:08pm

I just don't trust using computers. Would be sooooo easy to rig.

I just want a fair election. Hell, even if Bush wins--as long as it is truly fair, I could somehow live with that. I just want to believe I will live where the country feels that their President was elected fairly.
johnraymondbarker.com
#18

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 4:09pm

Yeah? And I want chocolate air. Neither are gonna happen.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#19

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 4:09pm

hahah ballots that actually count? I didnt think those happened anymore?

Florida's computers have already crashed a few times and lost countless votes! Yes absentee ballots "should" count. But after the 2000 election we learned that a chad of any kind when it was for Gore in florida didnt count...so who knows what does and doesnt count anymore!
"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo

"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q

"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#20

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 4:11pm

ballots are rarely counted.
It's all about the exit polls, which is wrong, but protected by the first amendment.
#22

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 4:12pm

Yum, chocolate air.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#23

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 4:12pm

plum of course florida is doing it so there can be no way bush cant loose! :-P
"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo

"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q

"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#25

re: Voting booth issues - PAY ATTENTION

Posted: 10/26/04 at 4:41pm

NC has early voting too. My dad went last week.
"My friends have made the story of my life." -Helen Keller

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