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Early Voting In North Carolina Heavily Favors Dems

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

Apparently they have a program this year that allows you to register to vote and vote on the same day, and that has helped turn out nearly 500,000 people so far, or 9% of the state’s 5.5M registered voters. WSJ shares the details… Of those voting in person, registered Democrats accounted for 61%, Republicans accounted [...]

October 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Voting Machines In West Virginia Flip Votes From Obama To McCain

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Voting, West Virginia

Early voters are already reporting problems with these ridiculous machines. From the Charleston Gazette: WINFIELD – Three Putnam County voters say electronic voting machines changed their votes from Democrats to Republicans when they cast early ballots last week. This is the second West Virginia county where voters have reported this problem. Last week, three voters [...]

October 21st, 2008 | Permalink| 11 Comments »

Early Voting Favoring Both Candidates

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Democrats, Florida, Georgia, Independents, Nevada, North Carolina, Republicans, Voting

TIME has the numbers. In Nevada and North Carolina it favors Obama… Cumulative early-vote totals in the Las Vegas area show ballots were cast by 31,875 Democrats and 13,371 Republicans through midday Monday. Republicans had the advantage in absentee balloting, 6,616 to 6,161 through noon Monday. In the Reno area, a similar pattern occurred twice [...]

October 21st, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Official Scoffs At Voting Problems In Pennsylvania?

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

I found the following story disturbing, not just because the folks in Philly seem to be so ill equipped to handle a high turnout on election day, but also because the guy heading up the preparations for Election Day seems completely uninterested in fixing them. “Thank God.” Folks, that’s a chilling ending to that video. [...]

October 20th, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »
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