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And I think the minimum age to hold public office in Texas is 18.
Yeah, believe it or not, the crack-heads and other homeless don't request that many absentee ballots in Pennsylvania.
And I think the minimum age to hold public office in Texas is 18.
Okay, now you're calling them crackheads. Why does being poor, black, and homeless make you a crackhead? Another John Kerry relative, no doubt.
Most of the poor, black, homeless folks in Philly just didn't pay off their college loans in a timely fashion. The crackheads, however, moved to whatever ward Marion Barry represents in DC these days.
Playing the averages here. Brother-in-law is a crackhead. According to him, LOTS of the homeless are crackheads. Black != Crackhead. Homeless = Crackhead sometimes.
I can't get drudge to load.
Interesting Daily Kos Post:
Today is the end of the electronic voting machine
by kos
Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 12:04:06 PM PST
Republicans are complaining about voting irregularities as loudly as we are today. A Republican governor, two Republican congressmen turned away from the polls. Votes supposedly switching in electronic voting machines in New Jersey. Complaints coming from New Mexico and elsewhere.
Here's the bottom line -- no one trusts those machines anymore. And not only do they damage the integrity of our democracy, but they give losing campaigns an excuse to grandstand and further erode faith in our system. Paper ballots (or optical scan) is a solution, but it doesn't solve the problem of voter turnout, voter intimidation, the problems with inclement weather, and lack of voter education when entering the booth.
Jeremy Wright has led a campaign to promote Oregon-style vote by mail (which is now in place in most of Washington state). He just posted a diary on the mechanics of it.
It's clear the current system is broken. We have dumped hundreds of millions of dollars and it's not getting any better. Time to cut our losses and look at the most sensible solution available.
Voter participation: It increases turnout -- 84 percent of registered Oregonians voted this year.
Convenience: People can vote according to their schedule.
Education: People have time to study issues and candidates before voting.
Fraud protection: It has built-in safeguards that increase the integrity of the elections process.
Built-in paper trail.
Voter eligibility: Built-in time to resolve disputes.
Actual results are released when polls close as opposed to unreliable "exit polls."
Financial: It saves money.
And it's still a secret ballot:
Oregon's Vote by Mail system is simple and straightforward. Ballots are mailed 14 to 18 days before an election to the registered address of the voter; the voter has two weeks to return the ballot through the mail or by dropping it off at official drop-off sites. The voter must sign the outside of the envelope (the ballot is sealed in a separate envelope inside) and that signature is checked against the signature on file with the elections division.
But whether it's vote by mail or something else, it's looking increasingly clear, with the discontent on both sides of the partisan divide, that political pressure for change will be intense.
I am quite surprised by this thread.
No bashing.
No crazy internet threats.
Nothing.
You guys suck.
<-----off to vote
The Lord works in mysterious ways!
I love that political discourse in this country has remained a battle over ideas and policy choices and hasn't devolved into partisan sniping and pansy-ass name-calling.
sigh.
FWDT has been on a sarcasmo steak lately.I like it.
As much as you like flinging poo?
Virginia on pace for a record turnout. I have no idea who that helps.
When live voters turnout, the Republicans always benefit. It's only when dead voters turnout that the Democrats win.
Well I voted, didn't take too long, but they should have picked a bigger room....
Tonight, I'm going to run the 2 miles to my polling place.
See, not only is voting your civic duty, it can be healthy too!
Then you'll stink and there will be reports of vote tampering because the lady couldn't concentrate due to the "stank" in the booth next to her.
Just don't short out the Diebold with your sweat.
Meh, I'll just use the sample ballot to towel off first.
Maria Bartiromo is hot.
Elections chief says poll worker asked for photo ID despite ban
MISSOURI -- Missouri's chief elections official said Monday that she was asked for photo identification at the voting booth despite a court ruling striking down the requirement. Secretary of State Robin Carnahan said that a worker at the St. Louis Election Board asked her three times to show photo ID when she went to cast an absentee ballot Friday. Carnahan, a Democrat, said that she tried to explain that a photo ID was not necessary, but that the election worker replied that she was instructed to ask for one anyway. Carnahan said she eventually was allowed to vote without displaying a photo identification. Scott Leiendecker, the Republican director of the St. Louis Election Board, did not immediately return a call Monday.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/15949328.htm
That's a funny one.
Indiana polls are supposed to close right now, but I think they were going to extended that due to problems.
Kentucky's polls also close at this time.
Green's been charged with assault and has turned himself into the Hays County Sheriff's Office.
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