Internet Voters Overhwelm 2004 Presidential Primary Site

NY Times and the Associated Press Wire ^ | June 24, 2003 5:17PM EST | staff wire report

[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.

[ewing]

Ok, who of the muti voters for Reverend Al did it? I voted 4 times for him this afternoon..while I was requesting still more provisional ballots of course-vote early and vote often in true Rat style!

[Tall_Texan]

I voted 12,346 times for Big Al myself but I'm demanding a recount of Harlem and the District of Columbia who have been demographically disadvantaged by the lack of computers per voters. For one, we demand that the polls in those two areas be left open longer than the time allowed in other districts and, in addition, we Sharpton supporters are asking that ALL the votes, including overvotes and undervotes, be counted twice. We'll manufacture more if we find it necessary.

[ewing]

I didnt get my first ballot because my email thought it was spam..I guess I am finally a disenfranchised voter as well!

[Drango]

Proud to say I voted for Sharpton 'cause I'm not a racist.

[princess leah]

Why does the website crashing not surprise me...surely someone consulted Al Gore, after all he invented the internet (severe sarcasm!)

[Weimdog]

My dog voted for race-hustler Sharpton.

[Drango]

You can still register and cast your vote

If you do register, be aware that they ask for an address, and a phone number along with an email and name. I gave 'em the number of the local NAACP...

[schaketo]

=== Cut === Paste === Email to Friends and Family ===

In the upcoming democratic primary (2004) ...

BIG AL NEEDS OUR HELP! - Register as a democrat and vote for Crazy Al!

Rev. Al Sharpton is officially running for president in 2004.

During the May 3, 2003 demoncrap debate in Columbia, S.C., our man Al stated “The way to move a donkey is to slap the donkey,” and “I’m going to slap the donkey until the donkey kicks”.

Let’s help Crazy Al slap the donkey until it kicks.

Assume GW has the Republican nomination sewn up. Its time for all good republicans, libertarians, and independents to stand up and be counted. Lets take a page from Sen. McCain’s play book. Prior to the 2004 democratic presidential primary in your state, re-register as a democrat and vote for Al Sharpton!

Wouldn’t it be great if Crazy Al won! At the very least, lets ensure he gets prime time speaking rights at the 2004 nationally televised democratic convention. You gotta love it. Line up, sign up, and send this to all your like-minded friends.

Here is a link to planned 2004 primary dates from the National Association of Secretaries of State:
http://www.nass.org/Issues/04primaries.html

Check here for the rules governing primary voting in your state:
http://www.fec.gov/votregis/primaryvoting.htm

In case you’d like to send Big Al a donation:
http://www.al2004.org/BR>
Anyone need a bumper sticker or button?
http://democraticbuttons.freeservers.com/

How about an Al Sharpton yard sign?
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/victorystore00/pryasi.html

Want to keep up on the latest on Big Al’s progress? Go to the Republicans for Sharpton website at:
http://www.republicansforsharpton.com/

Oh yea, and don’t forget to call the local demoncrap party headquarters and ask them the following before the primary election:

1. Can I get a ride to the polls – help them spend their money during the primaries so they’ll have less during the national election. Have them take you the scenic route and stop off and do some shopping on the way home.
2. Are you giving anything away free for voting democrat? Cigarettes, box of cigars, box lunch, etc. Ask for two of each.
3. Send 25 cents in the mail to the DNC and watch how much they spend on mailing you to give to the party. Always send their solicitation back to them with all associated literature in the prepaid envelope included in the mailing. They have to pay that postage upon return. Great way to help them spend money and keep you up to date on their propaganda.

Democratic National Committee
430 S. Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003

Main Phone Number: 202-863-8000

Can you think of any other questions we should ask them?

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[Normal4me]

I just tried and it said it was Closed to new voters.

[MonroeDNA]

bump-a-mundo!

[Drango]

I just tried and it said it was Closed to new voters.

Disenfranchisement!

[ewing]

ROTFLOL! I gave them the address email and the phone number of the local 'womens clinic' in our area..

[ewing]

I think new voters may have had to register before last night at 9PM Pacific Time.

[amused]

Sharpton supporters overwhelm lefty website!

....well we can dream, can't we.

Go Al Go! ping

If you would like on or off the Go Al Go ping list, please freepmail me.

[ewing]

[BushCountry]

This is bunk. Any site that doesn't give running totals as the votes are tallied are BS (most that give totals are BS too, but what the heck this stinks more). They are going to give the money to whoever they please. This is just a pretense to gather email addresses.

[Grampa Dave]

I will make a trip to the library this evening to vote on this poll. I don't want any of their cookies on my hard disk.

In the meantime the KKKers of DU must have rallied behind Dean in this other poll. Big Al is barely ahead by one vote.

Please visit these three sites and help Big Al defeat the KKKers of DU.

Keep voting at each url until it stops taking your vote. Then go to the next site. We must defeat the KKK racists at DU!

http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/news


http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news

Come help Big Al win in the Rat inner city tradition. Come early and stay late while voting many times. When one of the above sites stops counting your votes, got to the next site. The vote count is from these 3 and ? other stations.

[amused]

This is bunk. Any site that doesn't give running totals as the votes are tallied are BS (most that give totals are BS too, but what the heck this stinks more).

They don't want to give a running total because they must vet out "suspicious" votes.

They are going to give the money to whoever they please.

Which will be Clinton's choice...don't forget why MoveOn was created in the first place.

This is just a pretense to gather email addresses.

Give that man a ceeeegaaar!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I wish I had the time...and the b@ll$ to mount a DDoS attack on this site. Shut 'em down good.

[amused]

In the meantime the KKKers of DU must have rallied behind Dean in this other poll.

Those racist bastards!