Presidential Race 08 Election 2008

[clarke]

I know nothing about early voting. I assumed it was the same thing as absentee ballots, which I have nothing against. In fact, the absentee ballot, in its current form, sucks....what if you get called out of town on business at the last moment (which happened to me during a midterm election back in 98)? I, essentially, was not permitted to vote because of a business crisis that I needed to attend to out of town.

[administrator]

Originally Posted by loangod

I'm sorry, but can anyone explain what the hell is up with this early voting? I mean to me is just reeks of potential voter fraud. What is the reason for it? Are they unable to vote with the rest of us? Are they out of town on Nov. 4th? Isn't that what an absentee ballot is for? Anyone....clarke, EO?

It is meant to save people time. I waited in line over 3 hours in 96 to vote out Clinton...What a waste of time that turned out to be.

Early voting allows you to go to the polls starting today, I think, and vote now to avoid the long lines on Nov 4.

[cowboys_junkie]

I have let work know I'll be in late and vote in the morning and I"m always in and out. If I wait till after work I'm screwed, and have to listen to hispanic women bitch about not being able to vote in Hillary Clinton.

[loangod]

Originally Posted by administrator

It is meant to save people time. I waited in line over 3 hours in 96 to vote out Clinton...What a waste of time that turned out to be.

Early voting allows you to go to the polls starting today, I think, and vote now to avoid the long lines on Nov 4.

This is BS. Open up more polling sites on "THEE" Day then. I in no way trust this sort of system.

[eoeleven]

The "early voting" movement was created to help provide timely results and it has stayed to help combat voter apathy

now you have a growing percentage of the vote already counted by 7:00 election night

it is VERY VERY rare that early voting results do not mimic the final results within 5 percent

it is a very nice way for the TV news to predict winners

so like everything these days it is a means to satisfy the "results now" sheep of the MSM

Honestly I use early voting as a weapon

get 25 (250, 2500, etc) people you can count on.

have each of them pick out 10 people from the voters rolls they know

and you call that person everyday until they vote and you ask them each to call 2

25 turns into 250

250 turns into 500

and so on

you cannot tell how they voted but you can tell if they did, and you assume they voted your way because you asked them. Big thing with voters now, they want to feel like they have personally been asked for their vote.

if I just had election day I could not pull the list each day and brow beat people into voting.

[eoeleven]

LOAN and GBGUY

please do anything you can to help this lady

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Proudly Serving the 6th District of Minnesota

she was cruising to re-election before hardball twisted her into a corner

now the Obama campaign has poured a million dollars into TV ads for her opponent

some of her opinions can be twisted to controversy, but the gist of it is she does not think steps toward socialism and communism are good for America.

I think she could probably use a better speach writer, but the idea that Americans should not be lead to socialism by their elected officals is correct.

[loangod]

Originally Posted by eoeleven

LOAN and GBGUY

please do anything you can to help this lady

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Proudly Serving the 6th District of Minnesota

she was cruising to re-election before hardball twisted her into a corner

now the Obama campaign has poured a million dollars into TV ads for her opponent

some of her opinions can be twisted to controversy, but the gist of it is she does not think steps toward socialism and communism are good for America.

I think she could probably use a better speach writer, but the idea that Americans should not be lead to socialism by their elected officals is correct.

I'd like to, but she's not in my district. I have to make sure John Kline gets reelected. But I do like her, and I think she'll pull it off.

[eoeleven]

Originally Posted by loangod

I'd like to, but she's not in my district. I have to make sure John Kline gets reelected. But I do like her, and I think she'll pull it off.

I hope you are right.

I am tryign to get her some money raised (unsolicited) and sent to her just to let her know that some of us respect that point of view, maybe even as many as dislike it.

[clarke]

Originally Posted by eoeleven

The "early voting" movement was created to help provide timely results and it has stayed to help combat voter apathy

now you have a growing percentage of the vote already counted by 7:00 election night

it is VERY VERY rare that early voting results do not mimic the final results within 5 percent

it is a very nice way for the TV news to predict winners

so like everything these days it is a means to satisfy the "results now" sheep of the MSM

Honestly I use early voting as a weapon

get 25 (250, 2500, etc) people you can count on.

have each of them pick out 10 people from the voters rolls they know

and you call that person everyday until they vote and you ask them each to call 2

25 turns into 250

250 turns into 500

and so on

you cannot tell how they voted but you can tell if they did, and you assume they voted your way because you asked them. Big thing with voters now, they want to feel like they have personally been asked for their vote.

if I just had election day I could not pull the list each day and brow beat people into voting.

But the problem EO is the Democrats are much, much more organized and can use early voting as a weapon. The GoP just does not have the organization skills or tools that the Dems do. For instance, in Philly anyway, the unions will drive anybody who asks to the polls (as long as they are registered Democrat). The GoP just does not have that sort of manpower.

[eoeleven]

Originally Posted by clarke

But the problem EO is the Democrats are much, much more organized and can use early voting as a weapon. The GoP just does not have the organization skills or tools that the Dems do. For instance, in Philly anyway, the unions will drive anybody who asks to the polls (as long as they are registered Democrat). The GoP just does not have that sort of manpower.

probably not in unionized areas, but here in Texas I would say the GOP dominates early voting 3 to 1

the only way to combat it in heavy union areas are churches. I have seen catholic, baptist, and methodist churches put 50 in a bus on Sunday afternoon soon as service lets out, drive them to the poll, hand them "example ballot" prefilled out or even easier spend the entire drive telling them how easy it is to just punch straight ticket, then drive them back to church where you feed them a prepared lunch, and take the next group.

Of course I doubt the baptist Sunday church vote drives will be as kind to the GoP this year.