Pa. Primary to Test Voter Anger

[Judi Lynn]

Pa. Primary to Test Voter Anger
By PETER JACKSON, Associated Press Writer
18 minutes ago



HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania voters get a chance Tuesday to show whether they are still angry at lawmakers who voted to give themselves a big raise in the dead of night and set the stage for a high-profile U.S. Senate race.

Primaries are also scheduled in Oregon, where Gov. Ted Kulongoski faces two rivals for the Democratic nomination, and in Kentucky, where there are lively Democratic contests in at least two congressional districts.

Pennsylvania legislators boosted their salaries by up to 54 percent during a dead-of-night vote taken with no public hearing or floor debate last year. Four months later, after an outcry, they reversed themselves. Sixty-one incumbents in the 253-member Legislature face primary challenges, the most since 1980.
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Pennsylvania voters also are expected to choose a Democrat to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio, voting record). The race is being closely watched nationally because Santorum, the No. 3 Senate Republican, is closely allied with President Bush on issues such as gay marriage and private accounts for Social Security.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060516/ap_on_el_ge/pennsylvania_primary

[autorank]

1. Their anger will be compounded by the lousy voting machines

those legislators allowed to be purchased. It may be a real mess. In any event, nobody will know who really won because the damn machines, paper trails or not, can't really show us our votes, allow us to recount. We're victims of the "malicious" code written by anonymous people from somewhere, we know not.

I hope they're pissed there. PA has more potential than just about any state and it's held back by back wards government. Smart people, great environment, lots of sports,...what does it take. Oh, honest government supported by free, fair & transparent elections.

[annabanana]

2. We can all watch this...

to see how badly the machines can mess up the count in what really is a "blue" state.