Friend posted a picture of people waiting to vote in nearby town in Indiana....Went all the way down the block. There were a dozen in line yesterday when we stopped at the Court House....Record number of voters it appears.
I live in a rural county. Took longer to walk from the parking lot than it did to vote. 6 minutes max.
I keep seeing these reports of machines being pre-programmed to change Mitt votes to obama votes. Is this bunk, or is it happening?
Early voting should be repealed - everywhere. Election Day voting and absentee ballots only.
Or, if early voting is allowed, it should be for a confined period of time - maybe over a weekend.
In any case, NO voting should occur BEFORE the last debate.
I have about 9 friends in other states who voted prior to the debates. NOW they are whining that they have been “disenfranchised” and want to change their vote.
I told them “tough noogies” - you shouldn’t have voted early. I have no idea which candidate they voted for.
What a bunch of maroons ...
Now that the margin in Oregon is only 6 points, I’m no longer ashamed to admit I live here. We have a few smart things that other states might do well to imitate.
One is we have no polling booths, no polling places, no lines, no crowds. It’s all vote by mail. It’s exactly like what many states have as an “absentee” ballot, but applied to the entire electorate. There is a secret sealed envelope that goes in another with your signature outside to verify. The registrar mails ONE ballot to each registered voter a month or so in advance. You can mail in or just use a convenient drive-by drop box. This saves lots of money and also there are no hanging chads or electronic glitches to cause confusion.
The second great thing we have is full service gas stations. It’s illegal for people to exit their car at the pump. An attendant pumps the gas, and I’ve never had a rude one. This is much safer and cleaner, especially for ladies (I hate that last drip from the nozzle and it reminds you of you-know-what). 20,000 jobs per year are generated, yet our gas prices remain in line with this part of the country. Only 2 states have this law, I believe.
I’m in S. MS and it is also usual to have a lively Republican table with bright and friendly folks and a dead Dem table with lonely looking sourpusses. We had a recent mullett/music festival and there was a Republican booth pushing Romney and giving out yard signs and bumber stickers. Even a goodly number of Blacks were walking around with Romney signs to take home. The Dims had no booth. God I love S. MS!