Posted on 08/16/2022 5:26:13 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
WILSON, Wyo. — For much of the morning at the place where Liz Cheney was expected to cast a vote for herself in Tuesday’s Republican primary, there were more reporters than voters waiting to cast ballots.
Yet at times, the line to enter the barn-red community center in Wilson — a wealthy, mostly white enclave of fewer than 2,000 people at the base of the Teton Pass — extended nearly to the street. Longtime residents said they had never seen anything like it.
The voters who rode up to the city’s lone polling site in elite performance bicycles, Teslas and luxury trucks seemed mostly to fall into three camps on the polarizing issue of the day, Cheney’s reelection: Republicans who dislike Cheney and voted for her opponent Harriet Hageman; Republicans who admire Cheney’s resolve and bucked what seems to be the overwhelming sentiment in the Wyoming GOP; and Democrats who never voted Republican, but crossed party lines to support Cheney.
Voters arrive to cast ballots in Wilson, Wyoming, in Tuesday's primary. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images) Voters arrive to cast ballots in Wilson, Wyoming, in Tuesday's primary. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images) Voters arrive to cast ballots in Wilson, Wyoming, in Tuesday's primary. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images)
Teton County, home to Jackson, a new playground for the ultra-rich set against a breathtaking natural landscape, is unlike anywhere else in this heavy mining and agricultural state. It’s Wyoming’s bluest county, meaning voters here are more likely to be Democrats who voted for Cheney, an uncommon phenomenon that Cheney’s campaign encouraged.
Cheney never arrived Tuesday morning. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reported that Cheney had actually voted the day before at the Teton County Library.
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7 pm mountain time
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That’s the Truth!
DC Diva
7 pm mountain time.
7:00 p.m.
That would be 9:00 eastern.
Cheney testified during his confirmation hearings in 1989 that he received deferments to finish a college career that lasted six years rather than four, owing to sub-par academic performance and the need to work to pay for his education. Upon graduation, Cheney was eligible for the draft, but at the time, the Selective Service System was not inducting married men.
On October 6, 1965, the draft was expanded to include married men without children; Cheney's first daughter, Elizabeth, was born 9 months and two days later.
Cheney's fifth and final deferment granted him "3-A" status, a "hardship" deferment available to men with dependents. In January 1967, Cheney turned 26 and was no longer eligible for the draft.
Neocon scum who was always happy to stick somebody else's kid in the line of fire...
If the vaccine was a person.
Thanks for the info: Fai Mao/ d forest/ Kevin
Here is a current report from THE HILL. Gee, is Olafimihan Oshin working for THE HILL in some foreign country????
Cheney ahead of Wyoming primary: ‘The beginning of a battle’ for democracy
Olafimihan Oshin - 1h ago
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Thanks for that.
Makes Perfect sense.
If a Democrat is in charge of county voting security, I'm sure the plastic pink flamingos voted for Liz. There seemed to be as many of them as people.
I believe the polls close in 22 minutes.
Agree.
Good find/reminder.
“””I was trying to find out when the voting polls close in Wyoming, but i could never get a straight answer.”””
I believe the polls close at 7 pm mountain time or 9 pm eastern
20 minutes to the close
I guess in Wyoming, more than three people is a crowd!
Every red states has such loose election laws. It doesn’t make sense. The worst is Georgia and their stupid run off if nobody gets 50 percent. Red states love to lose apparently.
Any results yet on the skank?
“””There are not nearly enough of them to make a difference.
Unlike many other states where Democrats select which Assistant Democrats we will elect.”””
What you write is true. However, we need hard data showing the number of Democrat crossover votes in Wyoming as a basis for getting rid of Open Primaries in other states.
The God’s Honest Truth.
Teton County went for 0bama.
It’s a hotbed of Commies.
Maybe the early returns will come in about 15 minutes?
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