It's Election Day!
I'll be working at the polls today, then off to the Library for two hours,
then back to count the vote. ☆ ☆ ☆ Remember to VOTE! ☆ ☆ ☆
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I'll be working at the polls today, then off to the Library for two hours,
then back to count the vote. ☆ ☆ ☆ Remember to VOTE! ☆ ☆ ☆
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Voting is firstus. Which would mean the Howard is, also.
ReplyDeletew00t
I got what was a robocall Monday evening, which is a first. It was a recording of someone whose name I didn't recognize (maybe I just didn't catch it) asking me to vote for a certain proposition. Voting absentee two or three weeks in advance certainly does change the dynamics.
ReplyDeleteOut here, aside from Governor (Jerry Brown seems likely to win), the most important thing on the ballot is probably Prop 25. Heck, it could be the single most important issue. It would change the requirement for passing a budget from two thirds to a simple majority, which would eliminate the GOP's ability to stall budgets, which has become a real sickness in our government. Looks like 25 will pass, despite HUGE spending by big business. Well, we'll see. It will also be very interesting to see if swarms of young people turn out to vote for marijuana legalization (and for other things as well). I don't trust the polls on that. But if 25 passes, that's enough.
ReplyDeleteMid-Day Report from Vermont:
ReplyDeleteVoter turnout here is very high! When the polls opened this cold morning there was a line of people waiting to vote that stretched all the way out to the parking lot! Voting has been constant all day and, judging by the number of ballots already used, about 1/3 of the town had voted by the day's mid-point. So I'm guessing we'll have about a 60-75% turnout.
I hope it's the sane people who have been coming to vote.
Off to the Library for a few hours. Then tonight I go back to count the vote.
I'm wearing my "Your vote is your voice" button, my "I voted" sticker, and an "Election Official" sticker as well. Guess I'll have to remove the latter to put on my Library name-badge. Couldn't I just wear different hats? LOL!
I'm not sure why, but our Comments counter isn't counting today.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's taking a day off today so it can help count the vote. :-D
Peter Shumlin’s brother came in to ask about how many people had voted.
ReplyDeleteHe seemed pleased with the answer. :-)
*Peter Shumlin is the Democratic candidate for Governor.
Counting for me. But not posting very well -- keeps taking me to the google homepage half way through.
ReplyDeleteFunny, I've never realized till today how much my sense of voting is anticipation. I've always liked to delay it as long as possible, because once it's over, the dread begins. It's a great deal like my realization at 11 years old that Christmas Eve is better than Christmas morning. . . . and giving is a whole lot more fun than getting. Getting is over once you've *got* ~~ giving lasts forever. . . .
ReplyDeleteSis and I voted this afternoon. Dad didn't come in with us, having voted in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI asked but didn't get a satisfactory answer as to turnout.
You nailed it for me, puddle; "the dread begins". I don't want to see any pundits going on about the returns. I don't want to see any predictions. I think it's going to be very bad and I don't want to deal with it until I must.
ReplyDeleteMy guys said it *really* had been busy! REALLY. I asked if they'd had more happy voters than angry ones? They all agreed more happy. But one lady said: I'm sure a few angry ones slipped in. . . .
ReplyDeleteSince I know I'm going to vote, when I vote doesn't affect my emotional state. I rather like to get it over with early, just so there will be one less thing to thnk about on electino day.
ReplyDeleteMy mood the past few weeks has been tense. Especially in terms of the IL governor's race, this race is closer than any that arguably might have been more important and more important than any that were potentially closer.
I spent the latter part of the afternoon putting hangers on doorknobs. Probably weren't more than 50 to hit the people who hadn't yet voted (we thought), but the houses were so scattered it took me 2 hours. And my legs aren't what they used to be. Between walking back and forth to DPOP headquarters three of the past four days and the walking this afternoon, my legs are beat.
ReplyDeleteIin view of remarks about "dark afternoons" recently, I paid attention to the time of sunset. I arrived home right about 5:30, just as the last of the sun's rays were hitting the tops of the trees. For me, that' pretty much when afternoon turns into evening.
Sorry, but I just have to tell a "Grandma Story". Son #1 and grandson (aged 5) stopped and got Chinese food before they came over for lunch. Son #1 got grandson dumplings, his favorite. Grandson said, "You know, Daddy, the first time I had dumplings I heard angels sing and they went (hitting a high soprano note) ahhhhhh".
ReplyDeleteWhat a cutie!! Small wonder he hears angels!
ReplyDeleteI'm home from counting the vote...
ReplyDeleteI was the election official with the calculator and signed, along with my Republican counterpart,
all the pages of the official totals. Humbling!
Leahy and Welch are in by a landslide, but the Governor's race is a real cliffhanger.
In my town, Jericho, the Democratic candidate for Governor got 82 votes more than the Republican candidate. Jericho is one of the 8 towns that NPR asks to phone in our totals
as these 8 Vermont towns taken together generally predict how the state will vote.
So sad to hear that Carol Shea-Porter has lost to the tea party candidate in NH.
He's absolutely right! :)
ReplyDeleteYep. Round about 5:00 is when I start thinking evening rather than afternoon.
ReplyDeleteAh gee. You've got a smarty and a sweety there, Susan.
ReplyDeleteHere's where to watch the Vermont returns:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vpr.net/news/campaign_2010/races.php
Currently:
Brian Dubie (R) 49%
Peter Shumlin (D) 48%
They are 877 votes apart, with 27% of the vote reported.
However, we posted our town 1 1/2 hours ago and it's still not reflected in these totals.
How's everybody doing?
ReplyDeleteWow! You're on NPR? Your town is anyway? That's exciting.
ReplyDeleteSis and I watched a movie, Nobody's Fool, which strange to say she hadn't seen before. I don't think I want to follow the returns. Have kind'a a bad feeling. Gonna go immerse myself in some fantasy world or other, Marooner's Haven or the dragon Christmas story or something.
I think I'll do better after the skunks go into hibernation.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm talkin' *real* skunks, not just rePublicans
ReplyDeleteThere was a skunk around here in the summertime, at least one. They always seem to be most active (smelly) at night.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, I hear you!!
ReplyDeleteHope is alive!
ReplyDelete73% of the VT vote in...
Shumlin (D) has 51%
Dubie (R) 47%
Holding ya'll in the light!
ReplyDeleteThanks puddle!
ReplyDeleteThe counting seems to be stuck for the night at 94.4% of the vote.
And Shumlin is still up about 4500 votes. It bodes well!