The 2006 American Midterm Election Day Thread

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We (central KY) had new voting machines, which I found odd since we have already had automated voting machines since like goddamn 96, while just a couple counties away they are still on paper ballots.

― diebold with a vengeance (nickalicious), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I liked that I had the old school ballots. Diebold makes me v. nervous.

― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

C4 news over here is running a story that Rummy is out tomorrow two people have turned down the job of replacing him and Sen. John Warner is going to replace him.

any other sources?

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Yup. No paper trail for Diebold. I filed a complaint about that during the primaries.

― molly d (mollyd), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link

x-post -- Some crackpipe somewhere?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link

just checking, it was a throwaway one liner in a long overview piece

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Off to dentist, will check back in later...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Heavy rain all day in Rep-leaning east TN, while dry in the west. Don't know if it'll affect turnout all that much, but it might slightly shorten Ford's not-so-great odds.

― Dickerson Pike (Dickerson Pike), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link

lolz for stupid headlines:

"Campaign Nears Climax As Polls Tighten"

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Surprise, surprise.

― molly d (mollyd), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

http://webpages.charter.net/micah/vote.jpg

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Byron York, NRO whitehouse correspondent, clearly wasn't expecting to do a stand up interview on the news today. he has his brooks brothers suit, shirt and tie, and wearing jeans on his bottom half.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061107/capt.5b4d6e6919914f95b5f5e359da9c7ce7.governor_friedman_txeg102.jpg?x=258&y=345&sig=JJ3UQIkZT2S.3LJjuPTIZg--

Kinky out on the trail, kissin' doggies

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:49 (seventeen years ago) link

and when are people going to start demanding Instant Runoff Voting so voters don't have to worry about sacrificing their vote for the sake of strategy?

already implemented in san francisco; on the ballot in oakland.

― viborg (viborg), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

IRV = STV?

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link

no, I think that's the standard uniform of the Modern Conservative Internet Dork (xp)

I voted for what may be the last time on an old big-handle-and-toggle machine - any nyc'ers know when we go high-tech?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link

i am really terrified i wont be able to vote. i went this morning but there was a 2-hour wait and i had to get to work. :/ :/ :/

― i've dreamt of rubies! (Mandee), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Just got back from voting, a pleasant stroll two blocks to the poll. New Diebold machines, which prompted my wife to say loudly, "Oh, Diebold, I guess I know who's going to win here." Up jumped this guy in a suit, a Diebold rep we presume, to walk her through the process and show her all the safety features that prove no fraud, backup paper ballot, etc.

― Django Blowhardt (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:55 (seventeen years ago) link

What's with poll closing at 7pm across the US, how are people going to vote after work?

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:55 (seventeen years ago) link

i am really terrified i wont be able to vote.

you will be. if you're in line by 8pm local time, you will be able to vote.

polls are supposed to say open til 8.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

If you're there before they close up shop (7pm, I think), they have to let you vote, right?

This might be able to help:

http://www.vote411.org/

― molly d (mollyd), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

vote by mail is awesome.

― yetimike (McGonigal), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

poll closing times vary widely by state and municipality. in NYC, polls are open 6 AM - 9 PM.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

That website will tell you when your polls close, according to state/polling place.

― molly d (mollyd), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link

vote by mail would be a great way to piss off karl rove, but i have a lot of problems with that idea

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Air America newsbreak just mentioned that there are efforts in Denver to keep the polls open two hours longer than usual.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

i voted before 9 am at PS 139 in brooklyn but it was straight-up in-and-out, ten minutes tops. i did some poll-watching for the sept. primaries and it's not a hugely packed polling place to begin with (some EDs had a turnout of about fifteen people, though presumably there'll be quite a bit more this time around).

― joseph (joseph), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

vote by mail would be a great way to piss off karl rove, but i have a lot of problems with that idea

??????????

― don weiner (don weiner), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

oh yeah, and dig this shit:

batshit rightwing radio loony Laura Ingraham is now asking her callers to flood the Democratic Voter Protection phone lines.

Most things don't piss me off to violence; this does.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

NPR just interviewed a former-Britishes voting in his first American election who doesn't like Bush but is voting against Menendez because he's always for cleaning up government

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

kingfish gabbneb posted that story like five years ago

― LISTEN U TURBO CROUTON (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link

who doesn't like Bush but is voting against Menendez because he's always for cleaning up government

I'm afraid this is a prevailing sentiment. Logic is a bitch.

― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:13 (seventeen years ago) link

boo.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:13 (seventeen years ago) link

he doesn't like bush -- who's a dimwit leeching offa his daddy's name and connections -- so he's gonna vote for another dimwit leaching offa HIS daddy's name and connections?!? wtf.

xpost

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I wish I knew how to read accents

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/9149

One story after another of voting machine problems...

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link

polls to stay open 2hr45min longer in Indiana due to "machine irregularities"

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link

I voted around 8 am here in Hoboken. There wasn't much line at all, just a really slow elderly lady in a walker ahead of me. There was much more of a line in '04.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I wonder about this whole 'fuck it, I'm not waiting anymore' demographic. What do people have to do, anyway? Can a burrito GET cold enough? C'mon, people.

Oh, and, as usual, Pat's right.

― Juan Milius (Roger Fidelity), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

who doesn't like Bush but is voting against Menendez because he's always for cleaning up government

Even if Menendez has been involved in some shady dealings (which I've never seen proof of) I figure there's no way that he'd be able to do as much damage in Washington as Kean would.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Seattle voting in numbers despite bad weather

― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link

i like that malaysian gambling syndicate voting machine! i mean, i didn't use one, but if anyone is interested in security and process fairness, it's casinos!

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link

The county in Indiana where all the machines are going coocoo crazy is the one that Indianapolis is in, it may be worth noting. The state capitol! Good job, Indiana!

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link

interesting story up on kos about GOP shenanigans in maryland.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:54 (seventeen years ago) link

I used a marker like the ones you use on CDs to vote today. Connect the arrows, lalalala.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Chris Cilizza's viewer's guide

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I've still never seen one of those voting booths with the levers and curtains.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

only thing i've ever voted on. what do they have instead of curtains in other places?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I used a marker like the ones you use on CDs to vote today.

sharpie?

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link

MANUFACTURED BY NUNS

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link

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