Archive for the 'Voting' Category

ANP: Philadelphia Democrats Continue to Eat their own, Treat Registered Voters as if Unregistered

By American News Project | Related entries in Elections, News, Partisan Hacks, Pennsylvania, Polls, United States, Voting, WTF?

Danielle, here! I’m back in Philly, my home away from home, sitting in a swanky hotel lobby, facing a wall, like a crazy person, in order to borrow wireless. And I’ve just published a piece for ANP. Here’s the scoop… Today, registered voters in Philly found their names missing from local poll books, which are [...]

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Free Starbucks Coffee Today For ANYBODY

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Good Decisions, Voting

Just got mine a few minutes ago. Originally they were just going to give it out to voters, and they said as much in this commercial… However… They ran into some problems when folks thought they were violating campaign laws by offering incentives for voting. From Newsweek: Election laws prevent individuals and organizations from offering [...]

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

The Reverse Bradley Effect?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Race, Voting

I’ve been hearing a lot about this lately…the idea that people say they won’t vote for Obama, but when they get into the polls they will. The evidence is obviously all anecdotal, like this story from Salon where a couple voters use the N word in reference to Obama…but say they’re supporting him anyway. And [...]

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

41% Have Early Voted In North Carolina

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, North Carolina, Video, Voting

Why is this significant? Because 51% of those were Dems, 30% were Repubs and 19% were Indies. So with 2.6M votes already in the bank, Dems have at least 1.3M of those to Repubs 860K. Still, the turnout on election day promises to be massive. MSNBC reports… This favors Obama, but I’m still not convinced [...]

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Kansas City, MO Voting Problems Resolved

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Missouri, Voting

(photo courtesy of jparonline) I saw this story on CNN earlier and I’m happy to report that the lines are once again moving at the 5th Ward polling station. Basically, people who were there early at 6:00 am didn’t get to vote until 8:30 because they had election officials had the wrong registration books. The [...]

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

I Voted

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Voting

Have you? And, if so, how long was your line? Mine was about 45 minutes. Do tell…

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| 20 Comments »

Chuck Todd: What To Look For Tonight

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Electoral College, McCain, Video, Voting

It has all come down to this one day, and the folks at NBC show you what they’ll be watching for. By the way, if you don’t know when polls close in your state, check out our post with ALL the closing times. And get out there and vote!

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Nationwide 2008 Poll Closing Times

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Voting

All are Eastern Standard Time 7:00 PM: 58 electoral votes Georgia Indiana Kentucky South Carolina Vermont Virginia 7:30 PM: 40 electoral votes Ohio North Carolina West Virginia 8:00 PM: 171 electoral votes Alabama Connecticut Delaware Florida Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey Oklahoma Pennsylvania Tennessee Washington, D.C. 8:30 PM: 6 electoral [...]

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Early Voting Reality In Georgia

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Georgia, McCain, Voting

This from FiveThirtyEight… If there is one shocker on election night in the presidential race, cast your eyes to Georgia. 1,994,990 people voted early in Georgia. 3,301,875 total voted in Georgia’s presidential race in 2004. We may be headed for something completely unexpected tonight.

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Twitter Vote Report

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Technology, Voting

Voting tomorrow? Use Twitter? Well, if you have problems at your polling station or if there’s a really long line, you can report about it from your phone with Twitter Vote Report. It’ll even show up on this handy dandy chart… Now you know so there are no excuses. :-)

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Obama Wins 59% Of Hart’s Location, NH Vote

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, New Hampshire, Voting

This is another place Bush won in 2004. What’s more, no Democrat has ever won here. And Obama’s margin is the most since they started. 1996 Dole: 13 Clinton: 12 Perot: 4 Browne: 2 2000 Bush: 17 Gore: 13 2004 Bush: 16 Kerry: 14 Nader: 1 2008 Obama: 17 McCain: 10 Paul: 2

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Obama Wins 71% Of Dixville Notch, NH Vote

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, New Hampshire, Voting

The very first place to vote in the nation overwhelming goes for Illinois Senator. Why is this significant? Because Dixville Notch went for Bush in 2004. Also, they haven’t voted for a Dem since 1968. Now, only 21 people voted, but the spread was 15 to 6. So this certainly bodes well for Obama’s chances [...]

November 3rd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

More Early Voting Data Shows Obama Up

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, Polls, Voting

According to George Mason University, more than 29 million people have voted so far. For some additional perspective, that’s more than 23% of the total voters in 2004. Obviously, this points to a record breaking turnout in 2008. But what about the battlegrounds? Is Obama up in the states that matter? The answer across the [...]

November 3rd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Brokaw Talks Voting Problems

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Video, Voting

The man, the myth, the legend discusses what we could be seeing tomorrow… Honestly, I think voting problems are actually going to favor Obama because of the enthusiasm gap between the two candidates. What do you think?

November 3rd, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Early Voting Problems Could Change Future Elections

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, Video, Voting

Who else is afraid that election day will be a mess? Here’s NBC with more on the problems with our voting infrastructure… Regardless of who wins on Tuesday, you can expect nearly every single Democratic politician in every single state to start pushing for early voting across the board. Especially if the lines on election [...]

November 2nd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Meet Marge Tartaglione, Philly Voting Czar

By American News Project | Related entries in 2008 Election, Bad Decisions, Breaking News, Constitution, D.C., Democrats, Discuss, Dumb Things Said By Smart People, Electoral College, General Politics, In The News, Law, Media, Pennsylvania, Republicans, United States, Voting, WTF?

Philadelphia is shaping up to be a key city in a key battleground state in this election, but machine problems and long lines may plague the polling stations and voter disenfranchisement will be a serious risk. Unfortunately for voters, the people charged with running a smooth election in Philly seem surprisingly unconcerned. Philly’s veritable election czar, Marge Tartaglione (D), in particular, shocked ANP with her comments at a recent hearing. See more videos at http://americannewsproject.com

November 1st, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

7 Days Left: Where Does The Race Stand?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Electoral College, McCain, Video, Voting

First, Chuck Todd talks about the battlegrounds. No surprise…the trends favor Obama. And then…the bigger news: early voting. Looks like Obama’s ground game is really working. One thing I would note about those places where Democrats and Republicans are neck and neck…Republicans ALWAYS dominate early voting across the country. So even if Dems are tied [...]

October 28th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Early Voting Still Heavily Favoring Dems

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Electoral College, McCain, Video, Voting

Chuck Todd and Charlie Cook on Hardball explaining it all. Basically, Todd hedges his bets, but Cook comes straight out and says, “Boy, it sure as hell looks over.” And to that point about early voting, here’s more from WSJ… Almost 11 million voters already have cast ballots in the 2008 elections, and Democrats seem [...]

October 27th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

ANP: Voters Sue Pennsylvania, Election Official Scoffs

By American News Project | Related entries in 2008 Election, D.C., Democrats, Discuss, Dumb Things Said By Smart People, Elections, Electoral College, Ethics, In The News, Internet, Media, News, Pennsylvania, Polls, Race, Video, Voting, WTF?

Hi, this is Danielle Ivory at the American News Project in DC. Thanks to Justin Gardner for allowing us to post story items here! We’ll start doing this regularly next week. Just by way of introduction, the ANP is an independent non-profit video news organization in DC. We produce pieces for the web, but offer [...]

October 25th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

“Voting is not an expression of the soul.”

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Voting

That’s Leon Wieseltier at The New Republic in what is my favorite Barack Obama endorsement yet. Why do I like it? Because Wieseltier sees Obama through unfiltered eyes. He understands the character flaws of Obama and knows the very real risks of an Obama presidency. He’s no hope-a-holic. But he knows that voting for president [...]

October 24th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »