[TheDon]

Exactly what is the difference between a R and a D voting booth? Sounds like someone is pulling someone's leg.

[tallhappy]

Exactly what is the difference between a R and a D voting booth? Sounds like someone is pulling someone's leg.

Don't know, but they have them.

I had no line at all at about 9:30 AM.

[BillaryBeGone]

If they have the older pull-lever voting booths, it's entirely possible that the ballots can't be changed inside the booth that easily.

[nocommies]

very true, but the headline asks " is california trying to disenfranchise repub voters?" do we really have to ask? when they allow and encourage illegal alien intruders from mexico to vote and of course, to vote democrat, it effectively disenfranchises republican voters who even did cast a ballot. every illegal vote neutralizes a republican vote. and as i might add again, the repub vote was LEGAL!!

[JoeMomma]

Exactly what is the difference between a R and a D voting booth?

If they use the old lever machines, they have a number of booths for R primary and another number of booths for D primary, more than llikely depending on the Presidential turnout in the last election. Just the way the machines are made.

I wish the handful of Republicans would quit whining about this, though. If you over go to other nations, people stand in line to vote for much longer than any American ever would. We're spoiled on this side of the ocean and we don't appreciate our ability to freely vote. We're complaining about long lines? I'd say we have it good here in the States.

Don't whine. Just get in there and vote and watch Bill Simon win later tonite.

[sultan88]

In a primary election, there is a ballot for the democrats and a different ballot for the republicans. Registered democrats vote in the democrat booth. Registered republicans in the republican booth.

Considering that there is more interest in the republican primary in California this year, you'd a thought they would have more republican booths set up, if nothing else, to make it easier on the election officials.

[jcsmonogram]

Exactly what is the difference between a R and a D voting booth? Sounds like someone is pulling someone's leg.

In this primary, only Republicans and unaffiliated voters can vote for the Republican candidates. The same is true for the Dems, Greens, Libs and other assorted nuts. A Republican booth is one with a booklet that is attached with the Republican candidates listed, and a Democratic booth has the Dems listed, etc. These booths aren't interchangeable.

[CdMGuy]

It sounds like some counties in CA still have a different method of casting votes. In Orange County, each voter gets a series of punch cards on which are listed the candidates of his party. Those cards are inserted in the punch machine in the booth one-by-one, the candidates selected are punched out, and the ballots are returned to the precinct worker and inserted in a sealed ballot box to be tabulated at the central data processing center. So, no need to have separate party voting booths.

When I lived in LA County about 20 years ago, the voter received only one punch card. The voting booth had a booklet containing the names of all the candidates. The card was inserted in a holder behind the book. As you turned the pages of the book, you punched out the card. With each page turn, the area punched out on the card moved over one column. The benefit was that all the punch holes were on one card, as opposed to several cards under the Orange County method. The negative was that separate voting booths had to be reserved for each party. In addition, if you are voting by absentee ballot, it is a challenge figuring out which hole to punch out on the LA County one punch card system.

[CdMGuy]

It sounds like some counties in CA still have a different method of casting votes. In Orange County, each voter gets a series of punch cards on which are listed the candidates of his party. Those cards are inserted in the punch machine in the booth one-by-one, the candidates selected are punched out, and the ballots are returned to the precinct worker and inserted in a sealed ballot box to be tabulated at the central data processing center. So, no need to have separate party voting booths.

When I lived in LA County about 20 years ago, the voter received only one punch card. The voting booth had a booklet containing the names of all the candidates. The card was inserted in a holder behind the book. As you turned the pages of the book, you punched out the card. With each page turn, the area punched out on the card moved over one column. The benefit was that all the punch holes were on one card, as opposed to several cards under the Orange County method. The negative was that separate voting booths had to be reserved for each party. In addition, if you are voting by absentee ballot, it is a challenge figuring out which hole to punch out on the LA County one punch card system.

[rustbucket]

Exactly whay is the difference between a R and a D voting booth.

The D voting booths let you punch more than one ballot at a time. Oops, those are in Florida.

[norton]

"Modified closed ballot"
only get to see your own candidates and they (state) are not clever enough to make the ballot match the template.

Add to the original post:
changed locations of polling places.
overlaid new precincts.
my location was seven to two Dem/Rep booths with seven republican voters and NOT A SINGLE Democrat other than the ladies behind the tables (who were also complaining).
The stylus in my booth was on too short a lead to reach the lower quarter of the ballot.

This followed a blitz of democrat advertisements showing warm fuzzy images (firemen, pretty lady in wheel chair, etc) while showing faceless republicans roping and tieing up little kids and old folks....real good political debate.

Gag.