It's Pathetic, really.

[Sandman]

Recall Davis?      
Yes 1,479,255   55.9%  
No 1,164,790   44.1%  
       
       
Top candidates      
Arnold Schwarzenegger 1,243,794      
Cruz Bustamante 755,242      
Tom McClintock 324,341      
Peter Camejo 52,840


In a state with a population of approximately 36 million, a little over 2.6 million actually got off their dead bellybutton to vote.

[AKIron]

Not so Sandman, heard 60% voted. The count han't been completed though I did read that Davis has conceded the recall.

[Sandman]

Hmmm... is that 60% of the population or 60% of the registered voters?

[AKIron]

Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
Hmmm... is that 60% of the population or 60% of the registered voters?

I dunno, but they compare it with %50 that voted the last election that Davis won and %70 in the Presidential election. By the way, you'll need the signatures of 12% of that 60% to call a recall vote. Better get to work now.

[Tarmac]

I saw numbers similar to those on CNN.com sandman, but it was with only 34% of precincts reporting their results.

[john9001]

72% of the illegal aliens could not find the voteing booth.

[Gadfly]

There were 2.2 mil absentee ballots; I don't think they have even listed them yet.  Looks like the tally will be 60-70% of all registered voters, which is a real good turnout.

[FUNKED1]

Originally posted by john9001
72% of the illegal aliens could not find the voteing booth.

Nope they had instructions in Spanish.  Even the touch screen had a Spanish option.  

[SOB]

There's no law that says you have to speak English to be a US citizen.  That being the case, it makes sense to accomodate for citizens who speak other languages.  Do you think they shouldn't have the right to vote because they speak a different language?

[GRUNHERZ]

Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
Recall Davis?      
Yes 1,479,255   55.9%  
No 1,164,790   44.1%  
       
       
Top candidates      
Arnold Schwarzenegger 1,243,794      
Cruz Bustamante 755,242      
Tom McClintock 324,341      
Peter Camejo 52,840


In a state with a population of approximately 36 million, a little over 2.6 million actually got off their dead bellybutton to vote.

WAAAAAA!!  WAAAAAA! WAAAAAAA!!!

Lets call this a massive sample - the rest would hae voted along the same lines.   Please note Arnold had more votes than Gray Davis had no on recall votes...

[lazs2]

Yes... I feel that you shouldn't be able to vote if you don't speak the language... I especially feel you shouldn't vote if you can't fill out an absentee ballot or find your way to the polls or.... tell the difference between yes or no in the lanmguage of the country you are voting in..

and I think you should be able to read "gray davis" in any language.
lazs

[rogwar]

Originally posted by GScholz
I guess the writer of "Demolition Man" got it right. There prolly will be an Arnold Schwarzenegger Presidential Memorial Hospital in the future.

Never happen. According to the US Constitution one has to be born in the USA before you can qualify to run for President.

[GRUNHERZ]

The movie accounted for that, there was a constitutional amendment so Arnold could run.  I hope he does well here in California so maybe it does become reality.

[mjolnir]

Watch the movie, they repeal that law in the future so that Arnold can run.

edit:  Damn Grun, you beat me to it.

[Dead Man Flying]

Sandman:

Typically in the United States, the percentage given for voter turnout represents the percentage of all voting age people who turned out to vote.  That figure even includes those who aren't registered to vote.  Most other democracies figure voter turnout as the percentage of registered voters who turned out to vote.

Obviously the latter consistently generates higher turnout percentages, but it also ignores those so disenchanted by politics or disenfranchised by the system that they never even register to vote.  It also means that the discrepency between voter turnout in the United States and abroad is far less than most would admit when you account for measurement differences.

-- Todd/Leviathn