Post #271,614
10/30/06 4:12:48 PM
8/21/07 6:11:23 AM
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Voted yesterday
We don't have voting machines or polling places in our county. You get your ballot about a week before the election. The entire thing is done by mail.
Seems to work well. Our island had a 91% participation rate in 2004.
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Post #271,616
10/30/06 4:25:25 PM
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91% participation? Is this Fantasy Island? :)
Unfortunately, 60% is much more typical.
Alex
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Post #271,618
10/30/06 4:27:50 PM
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No, I think you're there though
60% is a damned fine turnout. Now are we talking voters or "registered" voters.
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Post #271,620
10/30/06 4:49:39 PM
8/21/07 6:11:40 AM
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Registered Voters
I pulled this out of the local paper:
"In 2004 general elections, [the island]\ufffds 16121 registered voters cast 14826 votes. That\ufffds 91% participation."
It is a pretty affluent/grass rootsy/aging hippy/kind of location though.
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Post #271,625
10/30/06 5:26:10 PM
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Yes, yes it is.
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Post #271,642
10/30/06 8:08:26 PM
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Voted absentee last weekend
Now if I can just get a filter to block the political ads between now and 11/7...
Tom Sinclair
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-- The Bursar is a man under a *lot* of stress
(Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)
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Post #271,643
10/30/06 8:19:27 PM
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now now, yer ISP needs the revenue
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Post #271,693
10/31/06 9:48:54 AM
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I was talking about the TV ads, actually
The ones here in CO are particularly nasty. (We're a red/purple state, trending blue, so the local Repubs are lashing out more than usual.)
Tom Sinclair
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-- The Bursar is a man under a *lot* of stress
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Post #271,646
10/30/06 8:45:48 PM
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Anyone concerned about votes not getting counted...
Most locations in the U.S. you can go to the registrar in your district and vote on paper at the counter. 'Usually' in advance of the election. A rule not often disseminated to the public. You have to get off your ass and find the office though so there is a drawback.
There are some districts that this is not allowed. I'm guessing feudal history. Pennsylvania, Minnesota,...?
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Post #271,744
10/31/06 9:58:36 PM
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Texas...you fergot Texas
I mean...talk about feudal...
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Post #271,752
10/31/06 10:36:44 PM
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Dontcha mean "futile"?
lincoln
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