Posted on 10/24/2016 6:05:13 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Long lines ???
That's what I was originally going to do but now I just can't wait. So, with red shirt on, I am going out to early vote...NOW!!!
I should be back in less than an hour. Bye!
Voting Procedures in Honduras, a Banana Republic!
(a re-write of excellent post by Gideon300)
I had the opportunity to go watch my wife, a citizen of Honduras, vote in last years presidential election in Tegucigalpa. It was a real eye-opener, and I can only wish the US had such a strict voting process.
Everyone in Honduras is required to vote only in the precinct as indicated on their government issued (free) photo ID card. Every citizen over 18 is required to have an national ID, and everyone with an ID can vote. No one else, and no one is registered as a member of a certain party, merely a citizen. My wifes precinct is Barrio El Bosque, so she was required to go to the Escuela de 14 de Julio (local elementary school) if she wanted to vote.
When we arrived at the voting place there were hundreds of people milling around the street and a long line was waiting to enter. The entire scene was closely watched over by Army and Policía Nacionál to make sure order was kept. For the most part everything was quite orderly, and people were polite to each other even with the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd. After showing ID, passing the guard and entering the school we went to the main table in the courtyard where they ran her ID through a computer and she was given a little slip of paper that indicated her name, her precinct, her mesa (voting area) and linea number (her number on the voter registration list). Every citizen is automatically registered to vote, and their name, Id photo and precinct number is on a list posted in that precinct.
The mesas in this case are rooms in the school, numbered in order to handle the hundreds of people waiting to vote. Her mesa was number 8586, so after finding the room, there was a list of all registered voters beside the door. She checked her line number with photo, 235, to make sure she is at the right door, the man watching the door checked her ID against the list, and let her in. She went to the table inside the room
for a ballot, was checked again for ID and compared it to the info and photo in the registry, was given two ballots, one for president and one for congress, and this time they held her ID while she voted. I was allowed in as a foreign observer, but was not on school tables for privacy, so after voting she deposited her ballots in the appropriate boxes, was given her ID back and we left.
I wanted to take photos but no cameras were allowed anywhere but in the street. No alcohol is sold anywhere in Honduras from Saturday through Monday, the day before and the day after election.
They take voter ID, and potential vote fraud, VERY seriously. All ballots are paper, and all have the candidate’s info and photo. There are eight official parties in Honduras, and the one with the most votes wins. The police and the army watch the voting very closely. One woman was caught with an extra ballot, and was immediately arrested. The Honduras news media, which is quite politically unbiased, indicated that both local and official foreign observers found only three cases of vote fraud in the entire country.
It was certainly an eye-opener for me! If this is the difference between a the US and a Banana Republic, then I will take a banana republic election anytime.
Thanks.
Not in every county.
got ya, we are going at lunch
Thanks for posting. Will look forward to reports from those who voted today. Trump has 2 rallies in FL today (after the one in Naples last night):
St. Augustine, FL @ 3pm and Tampa, FL @ 7pm ET.
Here’s the rally thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3484105/posts?q=1&;page=1
He has rallies in Sanford, FL and Tallahassee, FL tomorrow.
Where is Brevard?
You are downright Deplorable!
Brevard County is located in Eastern-Central Florida, equidistant between Jacksonville and Miami.
keep
I can hardly wait either!
First of all I did NOT vote. Actually, as you shall see, this is GOOD news. The reason why I did NOT vote is that the line was BY FAR the largest I have ever seen it for early voting at this location. It was so large that it went thru the library and snaked out almost to the back door. I estimated the wait time to be around 2 hours. Maybe longer.
I have early voted at this same location several times before and the lines were NEVER close to being this long. In off year elections, the wait time is always zero to less than 5 minutes. In presidential elections, always less than 15 to 20 minutes. I didn't feel like waiting a couple of hours on that looooooong line especially since I didn't bring my cellphone headphones to listen to internet radio while waiting.
An elections official told me there were few people in the line when it opened at 7 A.M. and for about the first half hour so tomorrow I will be there at 7 to vote.
The GOOD NEWS is that any first time voting millennial who is sort of for Hillary will be bummed out waiting for over an hour on that looooooong line. I actually didn't spot anybody on that line that would even fit into that age group. Imagine the shock of a first time voter millennial seeing that line and realizing he/she would have to invest a couple hours waiting.
Well, tomorrow I will be there right at opening time at 7 AM to vote. But just in case, I will be bringing my headphones.
Great! Also read from McDonald’s Election Project web site that he thinks NC unaffiliated voters could lean Trump because of age breakdown.
i.e. no one lives there?
List of states with early voting and dates.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/early-voting-states-228435
Broward is to Florida what Philly is to PA. It is how the dems manage to negate the rest of the state. Long lines to vote mean bad news, not good news. I just wonder how Creamer managed to bus in all those people without anyone noticing that all the hotels in Broward county were booked and now there are suddenly rooms available. Oh what am I saying!! They are still booked for the next wave of early and often voters.
how many busses did you see being brought in, and how many minorities, and non English speakers were voting?
I know it is much different from my county as Broward is a Dem county with massive voter fraud.
Good news is that another Dem strong hold in Miami is seeing a low turnout which is good.’’
I ma off to see Trump soon as he is in my town St Augustine, but sadly 3.00pm is when many have to work so we will see turnout and I know the venue =very good
Just voted for the man here in Jacksonville. No lines, just one person in front of me. Mostly white. I was in and out. There’s about 18 early voting locations throughout Jacksonville. Jax is fairly conservative but dems have been growing in numbers here.
No, we’re not a Broward, Palm Beach, or Dade County, with a massive population base, but we do have over a half-million people in Brevard. Trump should come away with a seventy to one-hundred thousand vote surplus. In a tight presidential race, it could very well tip the balance.
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