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Pretty happy site by and large.
Info from a conservative election guru up in Lake with a lot of time and a real big computer.
Rich, it's really me. I'm on little little E's computer. And the visit has been heavenly. He goes back to Baghdad on Thursday so everyone, send up a pray for this warrior to get back safely within the U.S. compound. Thanks everyone for putting politics aside and supporting this fine young man.
Sangamon County turnout predicted at 65-70%.
Minor confusion over the optical scans, the judges were able to quickly set people straight on how to fill in the ballot.
Your son will be in my thoughts. I have a nephew in the Marines, and one that just joined. The first nephew has had two tours in Iraq.
Rochester, IL.
Mostly Republican. Lots of Topinka fans here.
Remember, vote early, vote often!
In and out in 5 minutes.
All voting booths were taken, but no line.
Did I do or say something inappropriate to get my posts banned from your blog? The last 2 or 3 blogs that I tried to post never appeared. For the life of me, I can't recall anything that I might have said that could be construed as inappropriate. Thanks.
Go Tammy Duckworth!
I visited my wife, who's an election judge in Southwest Palos Township, and I heard there's been a continuous line of voters since 6 am.
The big rush is expected to be around 10 am when all the seniors come out to vote.
Little E., my prayers are with you. I sweated out two tours while my Marine was in the sandbox. Pray early, pray often.
I wonder what problems with the electronic machines in Cook is gonna do to Rodster's numbers?
Couldn't pull the trigger on Nieukirk. Sorry Tim.
Finally, Little E, I have absolutely no idea what you must be going through, and I pray I never do (I have a young son). My son and I will say a prayer for your son, family, and all our troops at bedtime tonight. People like him are the reason people like us have the privilege (because it is a privilege) to vote and then complain about everything on Rich Miller's blog.
Judges didn't seem all that sharp on the equipment, particularly in progreamming the cards needed for the touch screen machines.
I think it's gonna be close, folks.
Safe home and God Bless to LLE.
In Chicago and Cook County, the touch screens also created a paper trail for each voter. I really like that! Kudos to David Orr and Chicago Board of Elections.
I opened three precincts in Lincoln Park Old Town. there are not hotly contested local races. Turnout seemed moderate/ok. Lines in all three precincts, but no excessive waits. Most people appeared to prefer using the scantron ballots rather than the touch screen.
Usual minor glitches. Problems were resolved by phone calls for technical assistance, albeit some delay in getting through. Judges were diappointed that there was not PAA present as promised by the Board of Elections.
A younger voter was confused - wanted to know why Tammy Duckworth's name was not on the ballot - so I explained that that Duckwoth;'s District was located in the suburbs not the city.
Anon 10:37 - Like Repubs never, ever twist the rules.
gop area. Lot of state employees. 4 pct/1 place
over 500 at 10:30. 20 new machines and people
waiting in line. Few, if any problems. Looks good
for Judy.
I have a formula which almost always works based on the 10:00 a.m. numbers which leads me to believe this is a 50% turnout area.
1-866-OUR VOTE (1-866-687-8683)
1-888-DEMVOTE (1-888-336-8683) (DNC hotline)
1-888-SAV-VOTE (1-888-728-8683)(voting machine problems)
Election judges will only ask primary voters if they want a Democrat or Republican ballot, when they should instead be asking if voters want a Democrat, Green, Republican, or nonpartisan ballot. We won't even get into the whole issue of "hybrid ballots" which do exist in Illinois. They allow a voter to participate in the Green primary at the top of the ticket, where Green candidates are on the ballot, and in another party's primary for all others, further down the ticket.
I talked to a couple of Palos Heights voters who reported heavy turnout (Peraica Republicans?)and mass confusion at their polling place at about 9 a.m. The judges don't know how to work the equipment and appeared overwhelmed by the high turnout.
Campton 7, had 4 regular voting stations & 1 handicapped station, total of 5 voting stations.
Heavy turnout all day - much heavier than primary. Republican area of Kane County.
Got there to vote at a little after 10 AM & ended up standing in line for 35 minutes. When I got there, I was #26 standing in line. When I left, there were 27 people waiting. It had been like that steady from 6 AM forward.
Going to be a real mess tonight, based on what I experienced. When the line is out the door at 10 AM, it's going to be curling down the sidewalk to the street tonight. Parking will be even worse.
In an off hand comment, overheard somebody mention that they were close to having more voters by 10:30 AM or so than they had in the entire primary election.
I have to stare at those Hart dial machines a min before I can figure out what to do, and then stare again at the end to cast the ballot.
This was were voters gave up at the end last time around when these machines ran out of paper.
Go Topinka!
At noon, I was voter number 200 or so, very high turnout at a precinct of largely q-tips (blue hairs, oldsters, geezers, whathaveyou) who live in the condos around the precinct location ...
I've got a third, which I just called in to the Kane County Elections Division of the Kane County Clerk's office. Really not impressed.
I know they're under the gun, butI'm not impressed. I got a explanation which I know is just flat out wrong, and I'm supposed to have some higher up "suit" call me back.
Oh well, looks like it's going to be time to 'replace' another Elections Supervisor for Kane County.