tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/4/2008
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Ask and ye shall receive: Here's an open thread for all of you to share your voting stories.
How does it feel out there? Speak.
julescrittenden.com - 10/30/2008
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julescrittenden.com —
You know, all those sober-minded Beltway Obamacons have
me thinking. So far it's all been good race-baiting,...
lefty-smearing fun, but we've come to the point in the campaign where it is time to mull things over and make a serious decision. As Bill ...
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Why I’m Voting For Obama
huffingtonpost.com - 11/1/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Oprah Winfrey announced on her live show Friday
that she took advantage of Illinois' early-voting laws and...
voted Thursday in Chicago — but not without a voting booth scare and near emotional meltdown. "I was worried that there's gonna be ...
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Oprah Opts For Early-Voting, Has Voting Booth Meltdown ...
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Voting Experience Open Thread
Talking Points Memo —
What are you seeing, hearing, experiencing when you go to vote?
We've set up an open thread at TPM Election Central.
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Sharing Your Experiences ...
Talking Points Memo —
... until 10:00 to vote, to avoid the lines. When we got there a 97-year-old Black man was being wheeled out of the polls in his wheelchair. It was the first time he had ever voted in his life. When he came outside he asked if anyone could give him an Obama button. There were none left at the Democrat's booth so I gave him mine. He was so proud and I started crying. He looked at me and said, "why are you crying? this is a day for glory." I am still crying.
Here's the earlier discussion thread from this morning, which had already filled up to 400+ comments. ...
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Tell Us Your Voting Stories, Part Two
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/4/2008 — Keep asking and ye shall keep receiving: Here's a fresh thread for all of you to keep telling us your voting stories.
How does it feel out there? Speak.
Voting Twice (video)
youtube.com 11/4/2008 — Philly man tells CNN he voted twice. Interviewer says "I think that's illegal, but that's okay"
2008 Early Voting
elections.gmu.edu 10/20/2008 — 2008 Early Voting Statistics Last updated: Oct. 20, 2008 And they're off! Hundreds of thousands of people have already cast their ballot for the 2008 presidential election. By early vote, I mean any vote cast prior to Election Day, be it by absentee ...
Not Voting For Obama? Then, You're Racist!
westernfrontamerica.com 10/23/2008 — Somewhere, sometime, somehow, somebody began the awful accusation that not voting for Obama is an act of racism. Now, we like to think of our scribbling as "family oriented" so I cannot use the language I'd like to use to describe my disgust with anyone who would make such a statement.
Ask a Liberal: Not Voting
airamerica.com 11/3/2008 —
Dear Lib:
What's all this fuss about not voting? I live in West Hollywood. Voting sucks.
Yours truly, Apple Pie
Hi Pie.
Listen, you don't need to vote. Seriously, we have your back. Unless of course I don't vote either, and neither does my friend Tessa in West Hollywood, and then ...
Voting twice in Philly
redstate.com 11/4/2008 —
At least one voter has been observed voting twice under the
watchful eye of a Philadelphia poll worker.
Listen to the following phone call received by the
Honest and Open Election Hotline :
We have already heard that ...
My simple thought on voting
marginalrevolution.com 11/4/2008 — Most of what you do is for expressive value anyway, so you shouldn't feel guilty about voting, if indeed you vote. The people who think they are being instrumentally rational by not voting are probably deceiving themselves more. They are...
Voting Registrations Break Records, Early Voting Continues
laist.com 10/23/2008 — early voting in norwalk Photo by idcross via Flickr An estimated 4.2 million of the nearly 10 million residents in Los Angeles County are now registered to vote. On Monday alone, which was the last day to register to vote, almost 20,000 people took ...
Voting for Bush (video)
youtube.com 11/7/2008 — A voter describes what happened when he went in to vote for a 3rd Bush term.
CO day-of turnout light to moderate —
First Read 11/4/2008
From NBC's Jack ChesnuttAccording to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, turnout among a few precincts has been light to moderate.
Election officials interpret this to be caused by the high percentage of mail-in ballots. Statewide, 63% of ...
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