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Title: Who voted?
Post by: AKIron on October 18, 2004, 03:28:13 PM: I did.

(http://www.inettek.com/stuff/vote1.jpg)
Title: Who voted?
Post by: straffo on October 18, 2004, 03:37:19 PM: ???? you can vote before the date and your vote is counted today or I misunderstood ?
Title: Who voted?
Post by: tapakeg on October 18, 2004, 03:41:20 PM: I don't think it should be legal for any media to disclose information of a district or area's winnings until the polls are closed.

Has anyone else heard stories of people going to vote only to hear on the radio that candidate X has already won, yet the voting was still open?I heard that and it seemed pretty irresponsible. Is this an urban myth or true?

Tapakeg
Title: Who voted?
Post by: AKIron on October 18, 2004, 03:43:52 PM: Quote
Originally posted by straffo
???? you can vote before the date and your vote is counted today or I misunderstood ?

Yep, sure can.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-28-early-voting_x.htm
Title: Who voted?
Post by: john9001 on October 18, 2004, 04:43:25 PM: you can vote ahead of time, rules are up to the state, but the votes will not be counted untill after the election.

i think Oregon has 100% absentee ballots, everyone mails in their ballots.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: midnight Target on October 18, 2004, 04:43:35 PM: My wife voted... she likes the absentee ballot. I like going to the polls.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: AKIron on October 18, 2004, 04:58:42 PM: I voted on a touch screen machine. Was simple enough for even a Floridian, maybe. ;)
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Eagler on October 18, 2004, 05:09:54 PM: Quote
Originally posted by AKIron
I voted on a touch screen machine. Was simple enough for even a Floridian, maybe. ;)

that remains to be seen :)
Title: Who voted?
Post by: SOB on October 18, 2004, 05:15:57 PM: Quote
Originally posted by john9001
you can vote ahead of time, rules are up to the state, but the votes will not be counted untill after the election.

i think Oregon has 100% absentee ballots, everyone mails in their ballots.

Yup, just got mine in the mail today. I usually drop it off at the local elections office though.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: rpm on October 18, 2004, 05:51:27 PM: Quote
Originally posted by AKIron
I voted on a touch screen machine. Was simple enough for even a Floridian, maybe. ;)
That's funny. I just saw a news report where the voting computers went down in Florida for 30 minutes in the middle of early voting today. No details, but I'd be surprised if they didn't lose any data in the process. I'll stick with a paper ballot.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Gunslinger on October 18, 2004, 06:11:49 PM: I'm kinda pissed right now. I never got my absentee ballot from texas. I've wrote the Texas Secretary of State several times to get a response as to why my ballot did not reach me.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: lasersailor184 on October 18, 2004, 10:17:41 PM: I voted on saturday. PA needs my vote.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Suave on October 18, 2004, 11:02:37 PM: Is it too late to register ?
Title: Who voted?
Post by: myelo on October 19, 2004, 12:12:03 PM: Let's see, I've voted early in Tennessee and absentee in Alabama, Florida, and North Carolina. Only 3 more to go.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Mighty1 on October 19, 2004, 12:18:24 PM: Quote
Originally posted by rpm
That's funny. I just saw a news report where the voting computers went down in Florida for 30 minutes in the middle of early voting today. No details, but I'd be surprised if they didn't lose any data in the process. I'll stick with a paper ballot.

Last I heard it was 9 of 14 servers went down but no voting machines had problems. So all votes are safe.(ok we'll see about that later)
Title: Who voted?
Post by: AKS\/\/ulfe on October 19, 2004, 12:20:01 PM: I can't vote.

Some stuff about criminal sexual acts at the National Zoo... they're crazy.
-SW
Title: Who voted?
Post by: lasersailor184 on October 19, 2004, 12:21:32 PM: Pretty sure it's too late to register.

Unless you register democratically, in 4 different districts and under 5 different names.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: straffo on October 19, 2004, 12:22:10 PM: Quote
Originally posted by AKIron
Yep, sure can.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-28-early-voting_x.htm

Here our absentee ballot is pretty rectricted compared to your.

In the linked article a part jumped on my eyes
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Republicans have just mailed out absentee ballot requests to likely Bush voters and are following up with phone calls.

note that I don't care if it's the rep of the dem that do that.
It's just strange as here our vote are supposed to be individual/personnal not influenced and secret how the party now their vote ?

Plus ,but it's personnal I think goind to the polls is making a sort "Eucharist" for democratie.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: AKIron on October 19, 2004, 12:45:07 PM: It's not just absentee voting that is early. According to that article early voting is now allowed in 31 states.

"This year, 31 states with 54% of the total U.S. population offer voters a chance to cast ballots before Election Day, either in person or by absentee ballot that can be requested for no special reason."

I think it's great, shorter lines and more time to correct problems.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Preon1 on October 19, 2004, 01:26:15 PM: Hey Iron,
This week I sent my absentee ballot to Dallas County from Boston. What do you think the odds are that my vote is counted since absentee ballots aren't counted unless they could sway the state's electoral decision?

ie... what are the odds on Texas going Kerry?
ie... feels like my vote didn't count
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Monk on October 20, 2004, 11:43:02 AM: about a month ago.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: AKIron on October 20, 2004, 11:51:26 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Preon1
Hey Iron,
This week I sent my absentee ballot to Dallas County from Boston. What do you think the odds are that my vote is counted since absentee ballots aren't counted unless they could sway the state's electoral decision?

ie... what are the odds on Texas going Kerry?
ie... feels like my vote didn't count

I can understand how ya feel and it's not likely to be a close race in Texas. I think Kerry stands about as much chance of taking Texas as Bush does of winning Massachusetts.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: straffo on October 20, 2004, 11:57:39 AM: Iron your signature is a joke ???
Title: Who voted?
Post by: myelo on October 20, 2004, 12:02:16 PM: Yeah, I think he's making fun of Bush.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: AKIron on October 20, 2004, 12:05:37 PM: Quote
Originally posted by straffo
Iron your signature is a joke ???

Supposedly he actually said that. I think he knew it was a french word and was making a joke.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: AKS\/\/ulfe on October 20, 2004, 12:07:16 PM: He strategerically said that to make people think he was dumb. But it all just one big fakade.
-SW
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Yeager on October 20, 2004, 12:33:59 PM: I voted absentee:

One small vote for George W. Bush, One Giant Leap for Mankind, whether they like it or not! :rofl

Dont worry though, my vote doesnt count. I live in a blue state...that is, unless the popular vote really counts for anything, NOT!
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Sikboy on October 20, 2004, 12:48:36 PM: I think it's way too early to start voting. I mean really, the season isn't even half-over yet.

http://nfl.com/probowl/ballot

-Sik
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Preon1 on October 20, 2004, 01:00:16 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Yeager
I voted absentee:

One small vote for George W. Bush, One Giant Leap for Mankind, whether they like it or not! :rofl

Dont worry though, my vote doesnt count. I live in a blue state...that is, unless the popular vote really counts for anything, NOT!

Yeager, your vote doesn't count, not because your state will go to Kerry, but because the states don't pay the money to actually count absentee ballots unless there's a chance those ballots could sway the vote within the state. Your vote, like mine, will be opened and filed away, but not counted unless needed. Thus yours will not make the official count in the general election.

One thing people forget is that Al Gore won the popular vote in the official count, which was prior to the counting of the absentee ballots. Four years ago, absentee ballots were only counted in two states: Florida, and I think New Mexico. Considering that absentee ballots generally go 75% conservative, there were more than enough cast to give Bush the national popular vote.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: AKIron on October 20, 2004, 01:21:38 PM: Preon, you could have voted in person there couldn't you?
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Preon1 on October 20, 2004, 01:30:19 PM: nope. I'm registered to vote in the State of Texas. If I registered in the ***** arnold communist loving union corrupted people's republic of taxachusetts, they'd make me pay them half what I earn in income theft. I'm seriously looking forward to PCSing outta here!
Title: Who voted?
Post by: AKIron on October 20, 2004, 01:33:48 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Preon1
nope. I'm registered to vote in the State of Texas. If I registered in the ***** arnold communist loving union corrupted people's republic of taxachusetts, they'd make me pay them half what I earn in income theft. I'm seriously looking forward to PCSing outta here!

hehe, didn't mean to piss ya off. ;)
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Yeager on October 20, 2004, 01:35:14 PM: thats wierd. Our state posts the absentee ballot results as a seperate number before lumping them in with the booth counts.

Especially important in my state where so many people vote by absentee. We have a senator, a governor, a state attourney general and several congressional seats opening up plus all the state elections. Hard to see where the absentee ballot is not counted unless the vote is close.

Maybe your thinking about the military overseas ballots.

Anyway, Im going to check on it.
Title: Who voted?
Post by: lazs2 on October 20, 2004, 02:28:39 PM: preon... that is true? absentee ballots are not counted unless the vote is close?

so gore lost the electorial and the popular vote?

lazs
Title: Who voted?
Post by: Preon1 on October 20, 2004, 03:05:06 PM: 'True' The associated press did a story about that in Jan or Feb of 2001 (we discussed the article in my American Politics class at the Academy). I've been trying to find a link, but there's SO MUCH garbage to go through when you try and google words like 'absentee ballot' or '2000 election'.

Ofcourse, nobody ever did an official counting of the absentee ballots (would have cost too much money and wouldn't have made a difference in the states they were counted in). The author just used past trends in absentee ballots as a whole to suggest that if they were counted, then it was a statistical certainty that Bush won the popular vote.