I have no idea if its hyped..but it is opening up alot of questions for me.
For starters, NYC has issued evacuation orders. What is the protocol for evacuees and voting? I assume NY will go Blue no matter what, so it won’t really matter...
...but I hope NY doesn’t make a declaration that sets a precedent for, say, Philadelphia. And, it is possible that parts of many states in the region (to include VA and NH) will be without power in the week leading up to election day.
Remember, NYC delayed the mayoral primary, because of September 11.
And I remember some judge in MO trying to keep the polls open extra long in St Louis once.
I would love for the RNC to make an announcement, encouraging people to vote early, and to declare that its position will be any vote after poll closing on election day should not be counted, no matter what happens. Of course, they would just be accused of voter suppression.
“Remember, NYC delayed the mayoral primary, because of September 11.”
Actually they had a do-over primary. Many people had already voted that day, including a friend of mine who then even rode the subway even though she knew the attack had happened. She “never thought” the Towers would come down. She was not alone in any of these things.
So, they had the primary election all over again a few weeks later (I don’t know when, but the city was screwed up for a while.)
But, that was a primary, not the national election for President.
However, if the power really is out for a week (heaven forbid as we are right in the red zone on this one, here where we are in NJ), I don’t see how they could NOT extend voting. Esp. anywhere were early voting has already taken place.
Look, I don’t like it that NYC and most of NJ are going to go for Obama, but I’m going to cast my vote for Romney as are millions of others. They’ll just have to extend things.
Let’s face it, the president and any others elected will not even take office until January, so there is plenty of time.
Oh, I do NOT want to lose power for a week!