Polls here still close at 7:00, right?
See, I have a problem with these stories, one, did they ever ask the election worker what happened? Two, how is an election worker able to tell whether a person is democrat or republican? Three, could the election worker just have been mis-informed? Four, if she eventually voted, what the 's the problem?
Nevermind, Apparently thats in one hour.
That is correct.
Wouldn't it be safe to assume that she wasn't the only one challenged and might have been one of fewer to complain and fight it?
That's what I thought, but CNN has Texas poll closings at 9:00 ET.
If the story described it that way, then yes, it would be safe to assume this, but it didn't, so no.
Look, obvisously this could have happened, but alot of these stories just seem to be "he said, she said" kind of stuff. You know, 15 minutes of fame.
I have a gut feeling republicans will be needing my services during the next two years.
That's why they called the election board. They chose not to comment or were unavailable (all of them?), so their story wasnt heard.
Well, it's a wire story, so all the info's not there.
http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=22719
Carnahan concerned about possible errors at polling places today
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press
November 7, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY — Secretary of State Robin Carnahan raised concerns about potential confusion at polling places in today’s elections, citing her own experience casting an absentee ballot as an indication that some poll workers may wrongly be asking voters for a photo identification.
Carnahan said Monday that a worker at the St. Louis Election Board asked her three times to show a photo identification when she voted absentee Friday — despite a Missouri Supreme Court ruling striking down the photo requirement.
The poll worker apparently did not recognize that Carnahan was Missouri’s chief elections official when Carnahan showed a paper voter card mailed out by the local election authority. The card does not have a picture but is an acceptable form of identification under Missouri law.
Carnahan said she tried to explain that a photo ID was not necessary, but 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.
“To have that experience personally was very troubling,” Carnahan said. “I want to make sure that voters are clear, that election authorities are clear, that the identification requirements are the same as they have been in previous years.”
But “I’m guessing this may be happening in other parts of the state,” added Carnahan, a Democrat who had opposed Republican efforts to mandate a photo ID requirement in Missouri.
Scott Leiendecker, the Republican director of the St. Louis Election Board, did not immediately return a call Monday.
Carnahan said she spoke with Leiendecker, who assured her the identification requirements would be clarified and that voters would not be pressed to present a photo ID when they vote today.
A state law enacted earlier this year would have required voters to show a photo identification issued by the state or federal government. It would have also made provisional ballots available this November for those who did not have a photo ID. But the state Supreme Court ruled last month that the requirement was an uncons utional infringement on the right to vote, upholding a lower court decision that struck down the requirement.
The ruling left in place another part of that law, which abolished the long-standing Missouri option to vote a straight-party ballot by checking a single box. Voters now will have to cast a vote for each individual candidate.
Carnahan said the St. Louis ballot-booth materials were unclear in explaining that straight-ticket voting was no longer allowed. She said Leiendecker also assured her that would be fixed by today.
The secretary of state also cited concerns about voting identification in St. Louis County — the state’s most populated — and Cole County, the seat of state government.
In St. Louis County, a polling place notification card sent to voters included the statement “bring signature ID.” But Carnahan said that an identification bearing a person’s signature is not required under state law.
John Diehl, chairman of the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners, said that statement has been included on voter notification cards since at least 1998. The purpose is to indicate the preferred method of identification, so voters can move through the lines more quickly, and is not meant to imply a signature ID is required, he said.
“We’ve never had complaints about it in the past,” Diehl said. “Everyone probably needs to take a deep breath and stop complaining about things before they happen.”
In Cole County, an instruction sheet for poll workers includes the statement: “If someone does not have their voter ID card with them, they can still vote if they can show you another form of ID that contains their signature.”
Cole County Clerk Marvin Register did not immediately return a telephone call Monday.
Is that Robyn Carnahan lady related to the dead guy that beat out Ashcroft for governor?
I wonder when the real races will be ready to be called
Perry
Strayhorn
Bell
Friedman
@ 7:11 p.m.
Code:Rick Perry - In bent REP 5,756 44.39% 5,756 44.39% Chris Bell DEM 2,817 21.72% 2,817 21.72% James Werner LIB 60 0.46% 60 0.46% Richard "Kinky" Friedman IND 1,342 10.35% 1,342 10.35% Carole Keeton Strayhorn IND 2,990 23.06% 2,990 23.06% James "Patriot" Dillon W-I 2 0.02% 2 0.02%
@ 7:14 p.m.
Code:Rick Perry - In bent REP 30,951 44.16% 32,389 43.76% Chris Bell DEM 19,245 27.46% 20,808 28.11% James Werner LIB 351 0.50% 358 0.48% Richard "Kinky" Friedman IND 6,750 9.63% 7,044 9.52% Carole Keeton Strayhorn IND 12,772 18.22% 13,407 18.11% James "Patriot" Dillon W-I 15 0.02% 15 0.02% --------------- --------------- Total Votes Cast 70,084 74,021 Early Provisional Ballots Reported 27 Total Provisional Ballots Reported 27 Precincts Reported 49 of 8,510 Precincts 0.58% * Statewide Turnout 0.57% 13,074,279 Registered Voters --------------------------------------------
The first 1% of Tennese votes for the Senate are 54-45 in favor of Corker.
Virginia is 50-49 (355,976-354,890) in favor of Allen with 33% reporting.
Fraud? maybe...but I've seen a few episodes of "Big Love" on HBO, so it could be the sheriff's dad has a "Big" family.Election fixing charges fly in Utah county
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Voting appears to be very popular in Daggett County, Utah.
Daggett County has registered 947 voters for Tuesday's election. According to the most recent Census figures, that's four more than the county's population in 2005.
A spokesman for Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says complaints of vote-stuffing in the county are being investigated. Democrats suspect County Clerk Vickie McKee is letting outsiders swell the Daggett County registration rolls to give Republicans an advantage. The Democrats also say the father of a Republican deputy running for sheriff has 14 adults registered at his household. McKee hasn't responded to messages from The Associated Press.
Allen now has a 10k vote lead with 38% reporting in Virginia. This is going to come down to the wire.
@ 7:19 p.m.
Code:Rick Perry - In bent REP 155,480 41.53% 156,918 41.47% Chris Bell DEM 112,900 30.15% 114,463 30.25% James Werner LIB 1,830 0.49% 1,837 0.49% Richard "Kinky" Friedman IND 38,654 10.32% 38,948 10.29% Carole Keeton Strayhorn IND 62,948 16.81% 63,583 16.81% James "Patriot" Dillon W-I 2,599 0.69% 2,599 0.69% --------------- --------------- Total Votes Cast 374,411 378,348 Early Provisional Ballots Reported 118 Total Provisional Ballots Reported 118 Precincts Reported 68 of 8,510 Precincts 0.80% * Statewide Turnout 2.89% 13,074,279 Registered Voters --------------------------------------------
Holy , can Bell actually pull off an upset?
Back to a 1k lead for Allen with 40% reporting
I'd bet you a CFS, but I owe you two already.
Kinky's second in at least two counties early numbers.
Tennessee, Virginia, and South Carolina are all going to pass gay marrige bans by a large margin.
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