If it gets blown open, say Kerry taking Ohio AND Florida then I think there will be a shitload of pressure on Bush to just let it go. BUT if its close, say like 2000 with Florida hanging in the balance it will get very ugly very fast. My main hope is that current tracking polls are showing both Ohio and Florida trending towards Kerry. In order for either candidate to avoid litigating the results they will need a clear win.Darth Wong wrote:I wish I could say this would all be over tomorrow, but I share the fears of those who are concerned that it will be dragged into the courts.
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Voting tomorrow for Kerry/Edwards, Betty Castor for Senate, and pretty much straight D, except maybe for Republican Sheriff, who has been Sheriff of my county since I was a child. The ballots are the fill in the bubble next to the name with a black ink marker they provide.
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Florida is going Bush... Ohio a toss up and PN going to Kerry...Stravo wrote:If it gets blown open, say Kerry taking Ohio AND Florida then I think there will be a shitload of pressure on Bush to just let it go. BUT if its close, say like 2000 with Florida hanging in the balance it will get very ugly very fast. My main hope is that current tracking polls are showing both Ohio and Florida trending towards Kerry. In order for either candidate to avoid litigating the results they will need a clear win.Darth Wong wrote:I wish I could say this would all be over tomorrow, but I share the fears of those who are concerned that it will be dragged into the courts.
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Going to vote for Kerry tommorow. Though I should, I don't give a damn about the local politics.
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I'll be voting for the giant douche (Kerry), and most likely go democrat down the line for local stuff.
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No goddammit, his correct title is "giant douche BAG", not "giant douche". Have some fucking respect.Alferd Packer wrote:I'll be voting for the giant douche (Kerry), and most likely go democrat down the line for local stuff.
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Yesterday, Illinois' Republicans decided to run a campaign ad that just pissed me off. Not because it endorsed Bush or anything, but because it encouraged straight party-line voting. They actually came out and said, "On election day, vote Republican straight down the line." What a bunch of fucking assholes.
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What? Nothing from the Illinois Nazis?Durandal wrote:Yesterday, Illinois' Republicans decided to run a campaign ad that just pissed me off. Not because it endorsed Bush or anything, but because it encouraged straight party-line voting. They actually came out and said, "On election day, vote Republican straight down the line." What a bunch of fucking assholes.
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But but....South Park all but called him a giant douche, the same way they all but called Bush a turd sandwich!Darth Wong wrote:No goddammit, his correct title is "giant douche BAG", not "giant douche". Have some fucking respect.
Also, when I get to the polling place, I'm going to ask for a paper ballot. They probably won't have it available for anyone, but I'd rather have a paper trail if I possibly can. I mean, other than scrawling on a napkin "I VOTTED 4 KERY" or something like that.
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Sadly no. For some reason, the networks just don't want to run their ads.Admiral Valdemar wrote:What? Nothing from the Illinois Nazis?Durandal wrote:Yesterday, Illinois' Republicans decided to run a campaign ad that just pissed me off. Not because it endorsed Bush or anything, but because it encouraged straight party-line voting. They actually came out and said, "On election day, vote Republican straight down the line." What a bunch of fucking assholes.
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Wow, there are actually 12 people on this board voting for Shrubby?
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I just thought I'd say, for one <really> good reason, I voted for Kerry. Bush has his finger almost as close to that big scary red button as Walter Mondale did!!! Even given that JBJ was an evil kid-killer, if I was alive back then, I still would have voted against mondale! Anyways, my, <not quite> humble opinion.
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Badnarik for POTUS, McCain for senate(only the Libertarians are contesting his seat) and probably a mishmash of various aprties for local seats and National house
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SimpleDurandal wrote:I've always wondered just how hard it would be to actually screw up an electronic voting system. I mean, seriously.Zaia wrote:I'm going to be using the touchscreens tomorrow, when I vote for John Kerry, John Edwards, and Barbara Mikulski, among others.Durandal wrote:By the way, what kind of ballots did everyone have? I had a "Fill in the Bubbles" ballot, and I was given a special pen with which to do so.Honestly, it must take effort to fuck that stuff up.Code: Select all
if( choice == KERRY ) { JohnKerry++; } else if( choice == BUSH ) { GeorgeWBush++; }
if ((choice == KERRY) && (JohnKerry < GeorgeWBush) ) {
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Tommorow, I will be casting my ballot, hanging chads and all, for Kerry.
For Senate, I'll go with the midget [Murray (D)] as opposed to the giant balding six year-old [Nethercutt (R)].
And I'll get to give a hardy 'Fuck You, Dipshit' To Tim Eyman and his latest initiative designed to hose the poor and starve the government of funding.
For Senate, I'll go with the midget [Murray (D)] as opposed to the giant balding six year-old [Nethercutt (R)].
And I'll get to give a hardy 'Fuck You, Dipshit' To Tim Eyman and his latest initiative designed to hose the poor and starve the government of funding.
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