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Early voting topples Tarrant County turnout records (Texas)
Star-Telegram ^
| February 19, 2016
| Anna M. Tinsley
Posted on 02/19/2016 3:20:44 PM PST by justlittleoleme
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It is very good to see turnouts like they have been. More for Republicans than Democrats that bodes well for the general.
To: justlittleoleme
Texas USED to be a bastion of the Democrats...LBJ and such. Not any more. Hard to believe that they are now GOPers.
To: justlittleoleme
That nearly 70 percent surplus of Republican voters does not bode well for the Marxist party.
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:26:37 PM PST
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: justlittleoleme
Which reminds me I need to go vote. Doing my part to keep the numbers climbing.
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:30:26 PM PST
by
DallasGal
(Hell hath no fury like a Texas gal you've done pissed off)
To: justlittleoleme
I printed out my sample ballot today & will early vote Monday or Tuesday.
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:30:54 PM PST
by
TexasCajun
(#BlackViolenceMatters)
To: justlittleoleme
Early voting is soooooo wrong.
People are voting now not knowing whether Bush, Rubio, or Kasich is going to win the 'GOPe Primary'.
People could end up voting for candidates who may no longer be running by the time the formal primary takes places. Candidates like Carson, perhaps.
This is one of the reasons why Mitt won Michigan when Santorum had all the momentum: because idiots, and I do mean idiots, voted in Michigan early when Mitt looked like a sure thing.
How difficult is it really to show up and vote on election day? I thought Republicans fight tooth and nail against voting on weekends because they think that Republicans are more likely to go out of their way to vote on a work day. If that's the case, then why allow early voting? If we allow early voting, then why not just move voting to weekends so that most people are forced to wait until the last minute, so they have all the information they need to make an intelligent, rather than an idiotic, vote?
To: cloudmountain
Austin is the SW campus of UC-Berkeley
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:32:24 PM PST
by
newfreep
(TRUMP & <S>Cruz</S> 2016 - "Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
I find it just weird for the same reason.
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:35:40 PM PST
by
VanDeKoik
To: justlittleoleme
I voted early today.
They yelled at me for trying to vote twice.
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:40:26 PM PST
by
hadaclueonce
(This time it is serious.)
To: justlittleoleme
Tarenty county = Democrats
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:43:26 PM PST
by
jpsb
(Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
We vote early. My husband is not able to wait in a line to vote. And, here, there are lines most of the day. So, we go the week or so before and vote. Sorry if that bothers you.
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:49:31 PM PST
by
ozaukeemom
(If we continue to divide, they will conquer! Stop the circular firing squad!)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
I see no point in early voting in a primary, but I do try to vote early in a general election. At my age I could die before election day and I want to make sure I vote before I go.
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:51:34 PM PST
by
nclaurel
To: newfreep
Berkeley is 37
o 52' N / 122
o 16' W and Austin is 30
o 16' N / 97
o 44' W.
So I think you mean SE campus...
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:52:34 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: nclaurel
I see no point in early voting in a primary, but I do try to vote early in a general election. At my age I could die before election day and want to make sure I vote before I go. If you're a Democrat, you can vote both before and after! (in perpetuity...)
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:53:52 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: justlittleoleme
anybody else in Texas HD92?
Vote Stickland
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:54:39 PM PST
by
RockyTx
To: grey_whiskers
SW...as in Texas is in the South West part of America
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:55:31 PM PST
by
newfreep
(TRUMP & <S>Cruz</S> 2016 - "Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
To: newfreep
Yeah, yeah. But Berkeley is in CA, so calling Austin "West" when talking about the UC campus is...it doesn't make you look very savvy, OK?
Just saying' for a FReeper friend. Take it in a lighthearted spirit.
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posted on
02/19/2016 3:57:42 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: ozaukeemom
I have no problem with people being required to provide a note from a doctor specifying why they can't vote on election day. Or a note from an officer in their company stating they will be out of the area on official business.
Other than that and people in the armed forces, there should be no need for early voting.
Governments love it because it eases the stress on election day.
Incumbents love it because I'm guessing that most people that vote early vote for incumbents.
And vote fraudsters probably love it. In California early voting is done at a government office. Are there representatives of the parties sitting at these offices making sure that voting is done correctly, like they do on election day? I don't think so.
To: justlittleoleme
In GA voting started a couple weeks ago. I voted this week. The election officials seemed to think voting was slower than 2 years ago in the Perdue-Kingston-Nunn era. But they didnt have exact numbers.
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posted on
02/19/2016 4:49:53 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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