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2006-11-07
Fred says it in the bloid. I'll say it here.

Vote.

If you haven't yet voted, stop reading the Burg, get into your preferred mode of transport, and get to the polling place. Go to the right place. Have your voter registration card and picture ID handy. Wait in line politely. Sign the form. Go to the voting machine. Punch, scribble or click your way through the ballot.

Check your ballot for errors -- it's your fault if it isn't counted properly. Turn the ballot into the election judge.

Vote.

We have a choice today. If you're a regular reader at the Burg you know the issues and you know the parties. This isn't a day to withhold a vote because someone didn't do 100% of what you wanted. No candidate or party is perfect. But they do stand for things, and you have a choice.

Vote. No excuses. Vote.
Posted by:Steve White

#140  I see a parallel here: Shit hits the fan in Iraq, ditto US. Popcorn!
Posted by: Angavins   2006-11-07 16:20  

#139  mmm

.com / moderator

Is this what the US is becoming ?

Are you representitive of a US citizen - I think not
Posted by: A Democratic Vote   2006-11-07 16:04  

#138  Support our troops by bringing them home! VOTE for DEMOCRATS
Posted by: Vote! Support our troops!   2006-11-07 15:59  

#137  I voted today, but I must say that I could not face voting Republican anymore.

A change is needed
Posted by: A Democratic Vote   2006-11-07 15:53  

#136  God, let Dem win!
Posted by: DEMOCRATS TO VICTORY!   2006-11-07 15:52  

#135  bushhhy
Posted by: ****VOTE****   2006-11-07 15:40  

#134  bushy
Posted by: *DEMOCRAT*   2006-11-07 15:39  

#133  yeah !
Posted by: *************   2006-11-07 15:40  

#132  That's where com went.
Posted by: Glealet Flaviting8567   2006-11-07 15:32  

#131  you have to have an IQ to post here.

And yet you continue to post. Boggle!
Posted by: Photh Ebbutle2361   2006-11-07 15:29  

#130  Hey .com no fear of george posting then
Posted by: Hibjobol Abjub   2006-11-07 15:27  

#129  If the repubs are redacted for stupidity

Then my comments are OK AND CORRECT !
Posted by: Hibjobol Abjub   2006-11-07 15:15  

#128  Republicans

Redacted for stooopidity
Posted by: Hibjobol Abjub   2006-11-07 14:57  

#127  Wow the repubs have over 30 votes

Hahahahahaahahahahahaha
Posted by: Hibjobol Abjub   2006-11-07 14:10  

#126  The Senate hinges on: MO, TN, VA, and MD.

We only need three out of four. MO and TN seem fine. In the worst case we have Cheney casting deciding votes.

Ds running the House may be a necessary wake-up call. Or else, the call will be Islamofascist nukes.
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2006-11-07 23:50  

#125  Decamp to Afghanistan?????

What the hell are they thinking?
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-11-07 23:46  

#124  Well it's a done deal. I wouild say that that the Republican senate and congress have reaped what they sowed. They betrayed the conservative revolution of '94. For that, the nation will pay a heavey, painful price. I can only hope that we learn the right lessons. In the meantime, the jihadists have just been handed a huge victory. Say what you want...believe what you want....but IT IS Tet all over again and so will be the ensuing slaughter unless we act every day to overturn what has happened. We must lobby ouir reps everyday and hammer home the harsh lesson. There are no guarantees here....the price we will pay will be monstrous, but we need now to lay the foundation that will allow the US to overcome what has been laid before us. My prediction....within 2 years we will see a major and succesful terrost attack here in the US. This is the hammer blow. Do we rise up to meet it, or bow down in subjugation?
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2006-11-07 23:46  

#123  House is gone. Waiting to see what happens to the Senate.
Posted by: Charles   2006-11-07 23:45  

#122  There goes your guns boys. The Senate will go along with it.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-11-07 23:17  

#121  only 1 now needed for house.
3 for senate

I wish to condem the pubs in the senate and house for grabbing too much pork instead of going all out to do a good job. If the War on Terror get's destroyed by this I condem the crooks to hell.

Posted by: 3dc   2006-11-07 23:05  

#120  Ohio: issues up in Cleveland, reporting stopped for a bit, with 51% of precincts having reported in. Blackwell(R), so the governor will be a Democrat; apparently Senator DeWine (R) also lost. We'll see.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-11-07 22:55  

#119  I'ma signing off now! Here's to hopin' it's not as bad as I thought it might be in the morning. Fox News just threw out the "R" word (recount) in the Allen race in Virginia.
Posted by: BA   2006-11-07 22:47  

#118  he's a better conservative vote than Chafee, regardless where he caucuses
Posted by: Frank G   2006-11-07 22:32  

#117  Lieberman wins in CT.
Musta sucked when all your new lefty friends cast you adrift a few months back when they realized you were a lost cause, eh, Neddy?
Posted by: tu3031   2006-11-07 22:28  

#116  Oh the Fibbies are great at telling you who did what to whom -- after the fact. It's that "preventative" thingy that seems to be such a challenge for 'em, lol. ;-)
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 22:24  

#115  Fuck this. I'm gonna go get drunk.
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-07 22:22  

#114  The VA Senate race (Allen) is looking Repub. with 91%+ of the districts reporting. Looks like TN will go Republican too. Looking like we could pick up two seats in the House here in GA too, from what Fox News is showing with 58%+ of districts in.
Posted by: BA   2006-11-07 22:22  

#113  Heh - it was fritzed for about an hour, then "magically" got better - prolly when they tossed the looney out of the control room. I hope they shot him. :-)
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 22:21  

#112  Wow, FBI. That could change everything.
Posted by: Charles   2006-11-07 22:19  

#111  Saw that too, .com. Good to see you got your Fox News back, lol!

Something I've often wondered is, what happens with these absentee ballots when they come in? Do we really trust some of these pukes to handle them correctly? I've often heard that absentee ballots trend (especially in a time of war) Republican big time, so this could prove interesting. I voted at around 6:15 EST. Took about 20-30 minutes. Had to show ID, be on the Voter Registration roll FOR THAT PRECINCT AND sign a (basically) afidavit that I was only voting once. This is in metro Atlanta, a very red area too. And, that's before voting on some strong State amendments to even further cull election fraud, lol!
Posted by: BA   2006-11-07 22:19  

#110  Fox just reported that in IN-09, Hill (D) vs Sodrel (R-incumbent) just got very interesting - FBI called in when unopened absentee ballots were found after all had supposedly been counted... or so I gathered. Hill was leading by less than 2,000 votes...
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 22:08  

#109  Get ready for open borders.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-11-07 22:05  

#108  The VA, TN, and MO Senate races will go very very late before a winner is known.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 21:59  

#107  ...the 'Merican Public may just be subjected to a stint of Speaker Pelosi - now that could be a real eye opener for the fence sitters.


Oh, it will be a real eye opener alright. If the Dems do actually take the House, the next two years could spell the end for the Democratic Party. It will pull the mask all the way off. Let's hope the country can survive it.

Posted by: Mick Dundee   2006-11-07 21:56  

#106  Well, the defense budget will cut itself, I wouldn't stay in.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-11-07 21:50  

#105  Flip side of the coin....the 'Merican Public may just be subjected to a stint of Speaker Pelosi - now that could be a real eye opener for the fence sitters.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2006-11-07 21:43  

#104  2 more house seats down. Northup among them.
Posted by: Charles   2006-11-07 21:21  

#103  If you were watching like me .com you would also see that Steele was ahead 55% to 44% when they called it. I'm beggining to wonder who is running Fox News tonight and if they took their medication.
Posted by: Charles   2006-11-07 21:20  

#102  They'll have the House - believe it.

Senate is a tossup, IMO... Fox just called Cardin the winner in MD with only 1% of precincts in.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 21:16  

#101  Optimist? Me? Perhaps. But as much as I'm pissed at the Pubs for the job they HAVEN'T been doing, I still vote for them. I heard a estimate that around 25% of Pubs in that voted ended up doing AGAINST the GOP. It was heart-breaking to even hear something like that. Is it true? I don't know, but I get the feeling at least some people did so. I would hate to think of the Democrats in control of either house.
Posted by: Charles   2006-11-07 21:05  

#100  Fox shows 8:00 - their bad.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 21:05  

#99  amy klobuchar is going to take one of the senate seats. klobuchar is a cut and run liberal. it will be interesting to see how the voting breaks down. i'm sure the outstate minnesota voters didn't want anything to do with her. the trouble is mark kennedy is dim as a box of rocks. can't win them all.

doomed to the stupid. the crime rate in moscow on the mississippi, minneapolis, is out of control. black thugs murdering left and right and amy klobuchar's pc office is completely soft on the punks. now they have sent her to dc...

pathetic.

keep a stiff upper lip folks!
Posted by: Icerigger   2006-11-07 21:04  

#98  Md Polls close at 9:00
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-11-07 21:01  

#97  Beginning? Heh, bless you - you're an optimist.

The House will go Donk and the Senate will be within 2 of a tie, IMO - could go either way.

Corker's looking good in TN, Allen (Dumbass R, VA) looks shaky, and to my complete amazement, there is not one service I can find with ANY results in the Steele / Cardin (MD) race.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 20:55  

#96  Dems might get the senate, too.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-11-07 20:53  

#95  Any idea how many seats the Pubs will lose? So far we've lost 2 in the Senate and 1 in the house according to Fox. I'm beggining to get nervous.
Posted by: Charles   2006-11-07 20:47  

#94  Lol, The Loonies are self-medicated, I didn't do it!
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 20:15  

#93  Gawd damnit .com, I get home and tune into to the "Burg, I find this thread, read your comments, then see a bunch of redacted...redacted...redacted...and then more comments by you....

Good Lord man, did you piss somebody off? LOL???
Posted by: Mark Z   2006-11-07 20:10  

#92  No doubt that'll do wonders for recruitment... ;-(
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-07 20:10  

#91  "Winning means forcing an end to the disastrous war in Iraq, and getting our heroes home."

-John Kerry website

So they can drill around in circles and paint rocks white here at home.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 19:40  

#90  Mike N - No, just wanted to reassure the liberal herd their man was the first to be called a winner.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 19:37  

#89  Lol, I just called Cox to report the problem (still going on) and they have a recording saying that there have been a number of reports, they are aware of the problem, and engineers are on it - no ETA.

Oh, and they confirm it's ONLY the FoxNews Channel having a problem.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 19:34  

#88  Fox News was "troubled" in NY today too. My what a coincidence.
Posted by: lotp   2006-11-07 19:33  

#87  Thanks Icerigger!.com, would you expect it to go any other way?
Posted by: Mike N.   2006-11-07 19:32  

#86  CNN just called Robt Byrd the winner in W.Va. The Dhimmi Klan rejoices.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 19:25  

#85  Fun Fact: Here in Sin City, suddenly Cox Cable has all sorts of problems with the FoxNews Channel - in and out, half-scrambled, basically unwatchable. Been going on for the last 15+ minutes.

None of the other channels are having this problem. Go figure, huh?
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 19:21  

#84  Voted about an hour ago - straight Republican as I said (the moms voted this morning).

Breezed right in, one of the pollworkers was holding out the ballot before I'd even signed in. I presented my unsigned registration card, signed the register, asked if I needed to sign the registration card or show my driver's license ("No" on both accounts), was handed the ballot, stepped to a booth with no waiting, voted, and was in and out in less than 20 minutes.

What was scary was that they almost seemed desperate to get people to vote, that there weren't any lines at my polling place in Antioch, CA, and that the weather was beautiful, bright, sunny, and warm, but the activity at the polling places I saw along the way and around town seemed way low.

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2006-11-07 18:57  

#83  BTW, that came via Pajamas Media coverage here.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 18:52  

#82  Voter smashes touch-screen machine in Allentown
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 18:48  

#81  Mike N. I offset your evil liberal sister's vote! No Hatch for Minnesota!
Posted by: Icerigger   2006-11-07 18:07  

#80  Voting here was darn steady. I'm wondering if we are going to beat the state record for turn out. Not to many liberals in the out state areas. Got to love the working folk, they don't buy this Dhimmicrap cut and run shit.
Posted by: Icerigger   2006-11-07 18:05  

#79  Just got back from the Polls. Breezed in, showed GA Drivers license, waited about 10 minutes, then voted straight Republican ticket. The initiatives were all good this time, including a ban on using Eminent Domain to give corporations other people's land.

Ditto on not feeling disenfranchised: The living dead will have definite problems sticking the card into the slot, much less presenting ID.
Posted by: Ptah   2006-11-07 18:02  

#78  That's Philly for ya! God, I just love this city...
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-07 17:28  

#77  Here's the YouTube video...

Lol - you can't do the usual dick these days without being captured on vid, heh, heh.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 17:16  

#76  That's just normal here, .com.

When the sun goes down in a few minutes, then we begin our traditional Night Of The Voting Dead...

Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-07 16:51  

#75  Dave D / PA voters - check this story out...
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 16:27  

#74  Check out The Truth Laid Bear's site for watching returns - nice / interesting layout.

Lol, Mods - just remember, bizzy hands are happy hands. ;-)
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 16:24  

#73  Dread, I wrote in Oberweis.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-11-07 16:22  

#72  Hey, SOT - I'm perfectly willing to bring them home, they've been in Germany, Italy, Japan and SorK longer than I've been alive, and I'm in my mid-40s.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-11-07 16:20  

#71  Hmmm, maybe Instapundit was right, where's the leakage?

Mebbe pubbies are doing better than hoped?
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-11-07 16:18  

#70  "This is where it turns ugly."

Yeah, I think you're right. Oh, well: it had to come, sooner or later.
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-07 16:17  

#69  I voted 2 weeks ago by absentee balot. No waiting in line, no "the machines are broken" no election day hassels. More people should do it.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-11-07 16:16  

#68  Shhhhh. When I fart you listen. Got it? Good.
Posted by: Speaker Pelosi   2006-11-07 16:16  

#67  2000 - Expectations and whining go unrewarded - Camelot III postponed... the grumbles begin...

2004 - Whipped like dogs, fair 'n square, tires are slashed, computers trashed, shots are fired into empty campaign offices... Lucky hats lose their pretentious magic... Foreign media engage in electioneering shenanigans...

2006 - This is where it turns ugly. Really ugly. Everywhere ugly. The experts on voter fraud declare fraud, lol. "Legitimacy" is challenged without any need for proof. The courts, the only ally the fraudsters have, are called upon to correct the "mistakes" of democracy...
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 16:12  

#66  Where's that sunlamp?
Posted by: Korora   2006-11-07 16:10  

#65  Mike N., it's the same guy changing faces faster than Rich Little.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-11-07 16:06  

#64  Democrats are slow learners -- this one keeps getting flushed into the sinktrap over and over today! Is this a real U.S. Democrat, or is this a Toronto or Dominican Republic wannabe?
Posted by: Darrell   2006-11-07 16:04  

#63  
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Posted by: A Democratic Vote   2006-11-07 16:04  

#62  The post by support our troops semmed o.k. to me. Did I miss something?
Posted by: Mike N.   2006-11-07 16:03  

#61  
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Posted by: Vote! Support our troops!   2006-11-07 15:59  

#60  Re: #60 -- Right. Transparent fuckwit.

You forgot to say you have a [son | daughter] in Iraq so you can play the Absolute Moral Authority card.

Second-rate Moron.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 15:57  

#59  
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Posted by: A Democratic Vote   2006-11-07 15:53  

#58  
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Posted by: DEMOCRATS TO VICTORY!   2006-11-07 15:52  

#57  Dubai. Lol. YJCMTSU.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 15:52  

#56  That's our jerkwad visitor from Dubai.
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-07 15:46  

#55  Classes got out early today.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-11-07 15:43  

#54  More negative IQ issues.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 15:42  

#53  I'll just sit back now and let .com fire away, lol! Hibjobol, you have NO idea what you're asking for.

And, BTW, "George" (I assume you mean Bush) graduated from Yale with flyin' colors. Where'd you go, Sally Struther's School for Suckers?
Posted by: BA   2006-11-07 15:31  

#52  
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Posted by: Hibjobol Abjub   2006-11-07 15:27  

#51  I voted. Straight Republican ticket. I didn't even bother to review the candidates, only the initiatives.

Bad news for Dems was that I really had to hold my nose and vote for a Repub that I didn't want to vote for. In a different election, I probably would have voted for his challenger. Not this time.
Posted by: anon   2006-11-07 15:25  

#50  I'm going to Peraica's election night party tonight at the Hotel Intercontinental; if anybody else is gonna be there (or wants to go), let me know....
Posted by: Mark E.   2006-11-07 15:23  

#49  I'm sorry, Horny Abdul, but you have to have an IQ to post here.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 15:22  

#48  
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Posted by: Hibjobol Abjub   2006-11-07 15:15  

#47  A2U: had the same question on the Oak Park Township vote. I enjoyed that one.

Cook County voters: Mark E is absolutely right. Peraika is the must vote to do; Topinka [swallows hard] is next. Outside Cook, if you live in IL-6 you gotta vote for Roskam over Duckworth, and in IL-8 you gotta vote for McSweeeney over Bean. That's where we can make a difference in Illinois.
Posted by: Steve White   2006-11-07 15:11  

#46  Downers Grove Township - on the ballot should we leave Iraq now, bringing home the NG first?
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-11-07 14:59  

#45  
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Posted by: Hibjobol Abjub   2006-11-07 14:57  

#44  Wife and I are going later this afternoon here in Colorado Springs, CO. We have 14 ballot initiatives to vote on, as well as for candidates, including Governor and judges. One of the ballot initiatives is to assign term limits to appelate judges. Another is to 'define marriage'. I'll keep the Burg informed how these things go.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-11-07 14:14  

#43  
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Posted by: Hibjobol Abjub   2006-11-07 14:10  

#42  CF: I live in island county, one of only 5 left in WA that have actual polling stations, but work in skagit co. if you are looking out the window, you know about the flooding, but my co-workers are reporting no problemo w/ dropping ballots off or voting, so we shall see what happens tonight. the floods you know are all bush's fault!!
Posted by: USN, ret.   2006-11-07 13:45  

#41  Ring up another vote for the Man of Steele! I can't think of a better man to represent Maryland in the Senate.
Posted by: eLarson   2006-11-07 13:39  

#40  Already voted. I had to show photo ID; Gawd, I feel so disenfranchised--NOT!
Posted by: Mike   2006-11-07 13:33  

#39  Voted straight repub ticket, even Katheryn Harris can you believe I will not vote Democrat until they all act like they got some balls.
Posted by: djohn66   2006-11-07 13:20  

#38  voted here in Santee (outside San Diego) - while I was, some morons who "moved here yesterday" wanted to vote. BZZZZT - bad answer....no registration, no vote
Posted by: Frank G   2006-11-07 12:39  

#37  To Cook County voters, Peraika is the important vote! Cook county govt is one of the richest and most corrupt in the nation....
Posted by: Mark E.   2006-11-07 12:20  

#36  Btw, I also vote for the return of the Ranger Up girl! The new ad is LAME!
Posted by: Dar   2006-11-07 11:53  

#35  Heh--I'm in King County, WA, and sent in my mail ballot last week. I wish that would have made me exempt the rest of the week from all the ads and calls!
Posted by: Dar   2006-11-07 11:53  

#34  Remember to be sure how many sides the ballot has.
Posted by: Korora   2006-11-07 11:22  

#33  Ptah, thanks for your votes, which will hopefully over-ride districts like the Democratic People's Republic of DeKalb, and a few others around the ATL.
Posted by: BA   2006-11-07 11:19  

#32  Voted here in C(r)ook County, IL. First time using the touch screen, which was fairly simple.

Much as I hated to do it, voted for Baar-Topinka. GOP in IL is in total shambles.
Posted by: Dreadnought   2006-11-07 11:17  

#31  I'm batting cleanup out on the Left Coast, I'll be punchin in around 7:00 pm.....straight Republican ticket - and that's a 1st.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2006-11-07 11:13  

#30  Will vote tonight, right after work.

Not surprised about the goings-on in Atlanta: when Pat Robertson ran for the GOP nomination, a lot of evangelical black voters were unable to vote because their otherwise democratic precincts didn't happen to have ANY Republican voting ballots...

Heh, I like to think that, down here in South Georgia, Electronic voting FINALLY gave us clean elections, since the political boss SOBs are too damn computer-ignorant to hack the vote. I'm probably the only one capable of doing so within a 3 county radius, and I'll turn the SOB in who even TRIES to solicit me to do so.

Go Vote. Git 'er done.
Posted by: Ptah   2006-11-07 11:06  

#29  Boortz update (per Boortz):

Sec. of State for GA just contacted Boortz to advise him that someone, someway, changed his address to vote to a different precint. He's pissed.

More to follow...developing....
Posted by: Mark Z   2006-11-07 10:53  

#28  Interesting, Mark Z. Knowing Boortz's following here in atlanta, that could have a LOT of attention!

And, CS, we here in the red state of Georgia have had electronic touch-screen voting since before the 2004 Presidential elections. If we here in this stupid, red-neck state of Georgia (who houses quite a few of those loathed, uneducated soldiers to boot) can get electronic voting down, surely you all can, lol!
Posted by: BA   2006-11-07 10:48  

#27  Voted on the way in. You may be interested but not too surprised to know that there are more Green-Rainbow then Republican candidates for state office here in Massachusetts, Peoples Republic of.
Posted by: tu3031   2006-11-07 10:46  

#26  Interesting story being reported out of Atlanta, GA.

Neil Boortz, talk show host, went to vote this morning. The computer system at his precinct acknowledged he was a registered voter, but would not permit him to vote.

Boortz says he'll return to vote later this afternoon in order to give the precinct people a chance to "fix the problem".

Preliminary analysis per Boortz: Someway, somehow, someone has already voted using Boortz's identity which expalins why the computer won't allow him to vote "twice".

Boortz will update his listeners on tomorrow's program. Developing....
Posted by: Mark Z   2006-11-07 10:45  

#25  Always vote after work and as a family. I just hope those touch screen machines don't bite ne when i try to vote.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-11-07 10:35  

#24  Here in the West suburbs of Chicago we had the option of paper ballots or touch screen voting. This was the first time for electronic voting in my district so I went with the touch screen to see what all of the fuss was about. Most people chose paper ballots.
The screen itself is quite large and the voting options are laid out clearly on the screen. If you make a mistake you can instantly correct it without having to get a new ballot from a poll worker. When selections are completed, a paper copy of your ballot is printed on a roll of paper. This paper ballot is viewable to the voter behind some clear plastic that is right next to the touch screen. This is not a receipt it is a verification measure. Even at this stage you can change your vote. Once you have reviewed the entire paper ballot and approved it the results are saved.
If there was a Republican candidate, he or she got my vote. The only thing I don't like about the way we vote is that ID was not required. The only thing I was asked was my last name.
Posted by: Scott R   2006-11-07 10:31  

#23  I'm not in a swing district. There has been almost no campaigning for Harold Ford here as this is a big Republican area. I think this is just someone not doing his job.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-11-07 10:13  

#22  My wife & I vote absentee for the Michigan elections. I never vote Dem and only vote Repub for U.S. senators (Stabenow & Levin make that a real easy choice), reps and State Governor. The rest will be libertarian.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2006-11-07 10:09  

#21  How do we know if the Republicans are going to keep the house? Certainly the exit polls won't tell us as most of us went to bed in 2004 thinking that Kerry had won.

The way you will know if the Republicans are taking the house will be when the MSM begins talking endlessly about fraud and voting irregularities in the house/senate races that are "too close to call".

If you are voting Republican, it is imperative that you get off your behind and vote. DO IT NOW!! As important as winning is that the margin of victory is beyond dispute. (If you are a democrat - don't sweat it- one limp hanging chad can swing the election your way.)
Posted by: anon   2006-11-07 10:09  

#20  I voted. Mike's one step closer to the Senate.
Posted by: Fred   2006-11-07 10:06  

#19  To Ed Rendell (Gov. of Pennsylvania): Ed, I like you and I seriously considered voting for you even though you are a Democrat, but when I got into the booth I decided that your being a Democrat is a serious character flaw, so I hit the "All Republican Candidates" button and left with a clear conscience.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-11-07 10:03  

#18  Deacon Blues, that is terrible. I smell "dienfranchisement". Are you in a swing district?
Posted by: anon   2006-11-07 09:49  

#17  Lucky for me that it is a certainty that the democrats will win. I'm so busy today!!
Posted by: democrat   2006-11-07 09:48  

#16  If they ever get the machines fixed at my polling place I'll vote. Been there twice already this morning and no one has any idea when or if they will be fixed. This is a heavy Republican area with about 1200 people voting at this particular place. I hope everyone who has tried to vote this morning goes back as many times as it takes. If the machines aren't fixed we will be given paper ballots but there are none available as of now. This really stinks.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-11-07 09:46  

#15  I am in MN. and I will be voting Republican to offset my Mothers' vote. Can anyone on the 'Burg help offset my Sisters' vote?
Posted by: Mike N.   2006-11-07 09:30  

#14  I just pulled the lever for straight GOP in PA (well, technically, I pushed the button but the idea is the same). It feels good. Somebody noted once that when you vote, you're alone with your conscience in order to perform the central duty of democracy. Politicians are begging you to vote for them -- it's not you begging them for favors, but them begging you. That kind of power being devolved to individuals is unprecedented in world history.

The franchise is like a muscle: it only works well if you exercise it!
Posted by: Jonathan   2006-11-07 09:15  

#13  Voted absentee from South Korea, straight Republican ticket. They drive me nuts sometimes but the Democrats, quite simply, hate this country and what it stands for. I'm sorry as hell that it's a choice between the bad and the worse but I'm damned if I'm going to let the worse come to pass if there's anything I can do to stop it. Those who have died defending the liberty I now enjoy deserve no less.
Posted by: mac   2006-11-07 09:00  

#12  I'm in a largely Democrat district in CA (the 10th US House District has been virtually owned by Ellen Tauscher since '89 or thereabouts; didn't prevent me from running ineffectively against her in 2000 though) so I'm expecting huge Dhimmi wins out here.

Won't prevent me from voting this afternoon though and I'll be voting straight Republican (as will my mother and her roommate).

Voting is an honor, a privilege, and a sacred duty for every eligible American.

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2006-11-07 08:42  

#11  I voted, one of the first in line this morning.

Today's the day America will either decide to soldier on until the job is done, or announce to the world that we have lost our minds, our nerve, our spines and our balls, and that all we really want to do is curl up in the fetal position and pretend it's 9/10 again.

God have mercy on us if we choose the latter; our enemies certainly won't. Vote like your life depends on it, folks-- because it does.

Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-07 08:41  

#10  Already voted.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-11-07 08:26  

#9  I'm in the Washington state / Snohomish County - we have no polling places where I live - they are illegal.

Everyone must vote by mail. That way the ballots can get mislaid lost easier. Not to mention the dead, felons, and imaginary friends won't get 'disenfranched' by having to actually exist and appear at a polling place...

And as an added bonus we may not know the results until weeks afterwards -- and its way, way, more expensive!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-11-07 08:26  

#8  I'm in Cook County, Illinois. I'm planning on voting early and often.
Posted by: Darth VAda   2006-11-07 08:04  

#7  Read this and I went to my polling place, but the lady said: "it's 4AM, a**hole!"


guess I'll go back later
Posted by: Frank G   2006-11-07 07:41  

#6  Was there when the polls opened, Lots of folks there with me. Must have all been Republicans because the rain wasn't melting anyone.
Posted by: Un-Disenfrenchfried Voter   2006-11-07 07:09  

#5  This isn't a day to withhold a vote because someone didn't do 100% of what you wanted. No candidate or party is perfect. But they do stand for things, and you have a choice.

I could not have said it any better, Steve.
Posted by: Mike   2006-11-07 06:27  

#4  It's in the bag, Donks. Bong up and party down, d00ds.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-07 04:00  

#3  Its revolution, civil war, anarchy, Amer Hiroshima + Motherly Commie Airborne iff Dubya-GOP "steals" another one. Just vecuz Amer is suppos to be a Representative Democracy doesn't mean our Clintonian Federalism = Trianglular/Socialist Centralism NPE, etal. has to tell the Voters = "the People" anything, espec vv OWG. US LEFT > America is the only Nation that make Socialism work, ergo is the only one that has to give its sovereignty, freedoms + endowments. The world-mighty, future USSA-CPUS = weak/controlled Global SSR = WARSAW PACT. BERLIN = VICHY, don't ya know.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-11-07 03:14  

#2  No thats in odd numbered years.

In EVEN numbered years, Democrats vote Thursday.

Posted by: OldSpook   2006-11-07 02:09  

#1  don't forget, donks vote on Wednesday
Posted by: Captain America   2006-11-07 01:32  

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