Election Day Thread

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-11-02 11:22pm

Badme wrote:
Yarcamos wrote:So far things are going as expected, and pretty good on my side. Bush looks fine thus far in Ohio and Florida, and all of the Gay-marriage bans seem to have passed.
This most likely is not the proper thread to enter a discussion on gay marriage, but can you care to provide your reasoning for supporting it?

I'm sure Yarcamos would very much like to discuss his reasoning in the thread on the gay marriage ban bills. It does not belong here.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-11-02 11:25pm

How cool is the touchcreen thing on CBS?

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2004-11-02 11:29pm

Gandalf wrote:How cool is the touchcreen thing on CBS?

Touchscreen thing? I haven't been watching CBS.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2004-11-02 11:32pm

I voted for John Kerry.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2004-11-02 11:44pm

KhyronTheBackstabber wrote:I went in voted for every thing else and came back to the President. After about 5-10 minuets of looking at the ballot I made my decision... my vote

President: Me
VP: Your Mama.

Now while I may agree with my Mum's policy on healthcare I'm not sure she's really cut out to act as vice president.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-11-02 11:58pm

I successfully cancelled out Dad's vote, but Mom came out of nowhere and made it a +1 for Turd Sandwich.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-11-03 12:05am

Good GOD some of the Senate races are close.

In Florida, the difference is less than 50k votes.

In SD, right now, the difference is only TWO THOUSAND VOTES, with a third of the precincts left.

In Colorado, the difference is only 3000 votes (in a state with well over 1.5 million voters), and a third left to report.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-11-03 12:07am

So how's the actual voter turnout this year?

Yarcamos · Post by **Yarcamos** » 2004-11-03 12:21am

Badme wrote:
Yarcamos wrote:So far things are going as expected, and pretty good on my side. Bush looks fine thus far in Ohio and Florida, and all of the Gay-marriage bans seem to have passed.
This most likely is not the proper thread to enter a discussion on gay marriage, but can you care to provide your reasoning for supporting it?

I'm not going to get into it tonight. I merely will tell you I support it. I'll debate it at another time, I'm just interested in watching the results tonight.

White Cat · Post by **White Cat** » 2004-11-03 12:27am

Pretty high by American standards, from what I heard. A report on the radio earlier today estimated around 60% (it's usually around 50%, IIRC).

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2004-11-03 12:28am

KhyronTheBackstabber wrote:
Gandalf wrote:How cool is the touchcreen thing on CBS?
Touchscreen thing? I haven't been watching CBS.

Its pretty cool but I've retired to my den with the radio as my companion.
The touch screen voting today was pretty cool too, although I dont have any problem with paper ballots either.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-11-03 12:42am

We didn't have a touchscreen. It was computerized though. You turned this little dial-like thing to scroll up or down the choices, and pressed the enter button to select.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-11-03 12:55am

I had to fill in the middle of an arrow.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2004-11-03 12:57am

At the end of my touchscreen session it showed how I voted on everything at once. The monitors were shaped like a wide screen TV and turned sideways. There was a little memory card you had to put into the unit, when you were done the card would pop out and the poll worker would stick it into a reader.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-11-03 01:07am

According to NBC Bush is at 269 (carried Ohio).... so looks like Bush is going to win.

HyperionX · Post by **HyperionX** » 2004-11-03 01:16am

That's weird.... According to the exit polls, Kerry won by a majority, and not only that it was very consistent with historic treads. I hope this means lots of provisional or absentee ballots, not screwed up polls again or even worse voter fraud.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-11-03 01:19am

I'm going to go sit in my corner and cry...

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-11-03 01:35am

Meanwhile, Senator Daschle may be unemployed. Right now, he's VERY narrowly losing his senate seat. The Republicans may have just decapitated the Democrats in the Senate.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2004-11-03 01:40am

Captain_Cyran wrote:I'm going to go sit in my corner and cry...

Mind if i join you?

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-11-03 02:11am

Hey guys, here's something else to chew on. The Republicans are going to have between 53 and 55 senate seats, and Daschle might be out of a job (ie. the Democrats in the Senate have just been decapitated). The Republicans also seem to have EXTENDED their control of the House. We now have ALL THREE branches of government controlled by the Republicans, all of them by potentially VERY solid majorities.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-11-03 02:15am

Master of Ossus wrote:Hey guys, here's something else to chew on. The Republicans are going to have between 53 and 55 senate seats, and Daschle might be out of a job (ie. the Democrats in the Senate have just been decapitated). The Republicans also seem to have EXTENDED their control of the House. We now have ALL THREE branches of government controlled by the Republicans, all of them by potentially VERY solid majorities.

I don't like that. That's too much power. There needs to be some sort of balance. At least make it close in the Senate, like 51/49 so one party can't just pass things on a whim.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-11-03 02:15am

Master of Ossus wrote:Hey guys, here's something else to chew on. The Republicans are going to have between 53 and 55 senate seats, and Daschle might be out of a job (ie. the Democrats in the Senate have just been decapitated). The Republicans also seem to have EXTENDED their control of the House. We now have ALL THREE branches of government controlled by the Republicans, all of them by potentially VERY solid majorities.

So does this mean they can now pass just about anything they want?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-11-03 02:17am

There's also the fact that Bush got over 50 percent of the popular vote this time around. That hasn't happened since the 1980s! He can claim a mandate now with more perceived legitimacy than he had in the aftermath of 2000.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-11-03 02:17am

StormtrooperOfDeath wrote:I don't like that. That's too much power. There needs to be some sort of balance. At least make it close in the Senate, like 51/49 so one party can't just pass things on a whim.

55-44-1 is almost absurd. With the House pretty solidly under Republican control, the Democratic Party is going to have to massively restructure just to stay afloat.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-11-03 02:19am

Master of Ossus wrote:
StormtrooperOfDeath wrote:I don't like that. That's too much power. There needs to be some sort of balance. At least make it close in the Senate, like 51/49 so one party can't just pass things on a whim.
55-44-1 is almost absurd. With the House pretty solidly under Republican control, the Democratic Party is going to have to massively restructure just to stay afloat.

I like Republican policies, but I like them as they're balanced against Democrat policies. I dislike extremes...extremely.

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