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Internet Voters Overhwelm 2004 Presidential Primary Site
NY Times and the Associated Press Wire ^ | June 24, 2003 5:17PM EST | staff wire report

Posted on 06/24/2003 3:54:56 PM PDT by ewing

Activists staging a massive 2004 National Democratic Presidential Primary ran into some technical problems as a flood of Internet voters overwhelmed the Move.on.Org Web site and halted the voting process for more than an hour.

About 50,000 people were able to cast electronic ballots for Democratic candidates on the advocacy site (which has pledged millions in financial support for the candidate who garners 50% support of the election total) before the system crashed at 11:15 Eastern Daylight Time.

'We had a much greater load than we expected all at once,' said Wes Boyd President of the Political Action Committee that organized the vote.

'We did some tuning and tweaking to make the voting program more efficient, and we anticipate there will be no more problems.

By 12:30 PM the site was back up and running.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida; US: Illinois; US: Massachusetts; US: Missouri; US: North Carolina; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2004; freeped; freepedbutgood; freepng; primary; reverendal
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To: amused
Hey I voted for Al... MANY times!

But I swear I didn't overwhelm their site.

41 posted on 06/24/2003 8:13:11 PM PDT by Constitution Day (-or did I?-)
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To: Grampa Dave
http://www.clickonsa.com/news/
42 posted on 06/24/2003 8:39:12 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat (Help us elect Republicans in Kentucky! Click on my name for links to all the 2003 candidates!)
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To: ewing
Move on, isn't that the Clinton backers website?
43 posted on 06/24/2003 8:49:43 PM PDT by ladyinred (The left have blood on their hands.)
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To: Drango
I voted for Carol Moseley Braun because I'm not a racist OR a sexist.
That means I'm a better person than you are...so there!
44 posted on 06/24/2003 9:57:24 PM PDT by Valin (Humor is just another defense against the universe.)
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To: Tall_Texan
I figured that out after I posted the 3 sites and realized the tabulation was the same in all 3 sites.

Shows how non independent the local stations for ABC are. They run the same survey in Ok, Co and NM..
45 posted on 06/24/2003 10:22:58 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Evil Old White Devil Californian Grampa for big Al Sharpton and Nader in primaries!)
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To: ewing
Did you guys go and Freep this poll too?! :)
46 posted on 06/24/2003 10:34:15 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: Valin
What sex is Carol Mostly Brawn?
47 posted on 06/24/2003 10:46:44 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Freedom is not Free - Support the Troops!)
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To: Republican Wildcat
I wonder how many local tv stations are running this poll.

There are at least four of them.

The voter turnout is really bad for 4 states.

http://www.clickonsa.com/news/
48 posted on 06/24/2003 11:05:37 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Evil Old White Devil Californian Grampa for big Al Sharpton and Nader in primaries!)
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To: SwinneySwitch
What sex is Carol Mostly Brawn?

If you aks her that, she'll probably say AME or possibly Episcopalian.

49 posted on 06/25/2003 12:46:49 AM PDT by Tall_Texan (Why aren't we checking the DNC for WMDs?)
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To: ewing
I'd feel dirty voting on that site.
50 posted on 06/25/2003 4:25:51 AM PDT by Impy (Sharpton/Byrd 2004!! The Slave/Massa Ticket!!)
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To: SwinneySwitch
There are somethings we may never know.
51 posted on 06/25/2003 4:42:15 AM PDT by Valin (Humor is just another defense against the universe.)
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To: amused

52 posted on 06/25/2003 6:18:08 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (White Devils for Sharpton. We're bad. We're Nationwide)
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