Heavy voting reported across Iowa

[Judi Lynn]

Last Updated: 1:58 pm, Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004

Heavy voting reported across Iowa
By Associated Press

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Voters stood in long lines at polling places across Iowa on Tuesday, drawn by a close race in a battleground state deeply divided over President Bush and Democrat John Kerry.
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In Polk County, the state's largest, voters were turning out in large numbers at all precincts, Auditor Michael Mauro said.
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``It's like we expected — heavy at all the polling places. Fortunately, very few problems,'' he said.
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Mauro said voting numbers for a midday report were not available for Polk County. Linn County reported turnout was at almost 19 percent of the register voters, not counting absentee ballots. That's slightly ahead of the early numbers of 18 percent in the 2000 election. Two other counties, Black Hawk and Dubuque, said their turnout was around 16 percent.
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http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1038609&l=1&t=Iowa+%2F+Illinois&c=24,1038609

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Massive Turnout Across Ohio and Michigan Current rating: 1
by Michigan IMC
Email: imc (at) michiganimc.org (unverified!) 02 Nov 2004
Modified: 03:05:30 PM
Michigan IMC has received reports of long lines at polling places in Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo, Bowling Green, and Ann Arbor mostly due to large numbers of people attempting to cast ballots.
As with the rest of the country, turnout has been tremendous at polls in Ohio and Michigan. Callers to Michigan IMC Radio have reported waits of 1-3 hours in Cleveland, Columbus, and Detroit. In Toledo's Old West End, there was a wait of 40 minutes at 6:30 am when the polls opened resulting in a severe pencil shortage by noon.

Long waits have also been reported in the college towns of Ann Arbor, MI, and Bowling Green, OH.

Maureen Taylor told Michigan IMC Radio that turnout at her polling place in Detroit was huge, with more turnout among young people than she has ever seen before. Of the 280 people waiting in line at the Northwest Activities Center, 30% were young by her estimation.
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http://michiganimc.org/feature/display/7519/index.php

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ZOGBY: Virginia tied, NC within 3%
Posted by Thad Anderson on November 02, 2004 03:57 PM (See all posts by Thad Anderson)

At 11:43 am this morning John Zogby posted the following message on Zogby International's site:

"Watch Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. There may be some big surprises!"

Everyone knew Florida, Pennsylvania, and Colorado were going to be pretty close, but now Zogby considers Virginia, which Bush won by 8 points in 2000, a virtual tie. In an election where states as small as New Hampshire (4 electoral votes) are considered relevant battleground states, Virginia's 13 electoral votes could be the key to defeating Bush.

Zogby also has North Carolina as going to Bush by a mere 3%, compared to a 13% Bush margin in 2000. Based on conversations with friends and family in NC, a close finish in the state wouldn't surprise me at all.
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http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/02/155710.php

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Election 2004
Record turnout possible in Connecticut
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HARTFORD (AP) -- Connecticut voters waited in long lines to cast ballots Tuesday as election officials reported tremendous turnout in a state where the number of registered voters was at a record high.

While Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry was expected to easily win Connecticut, hotly contested races in the 2nd and 4th congressional districts fueled registration drives and appeared to be pushing people to the polls.

"We have had reports from all around the state of very, very strong turnout," Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz said. "We had a report of 36 percent of voters in Woodstock voting by 9 a.m. That's just unbelievable."

About 275,000 new voters signed up to vote in this year's election, bringing the total number of registered voters in Connecticut to more than 2.1 million. Officials believe that is an all-time high for the state. Bysiewicz predicted that as many as 85 percent of those voters would show up to vote.
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http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=2512977&nav=1VGmSg4g


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Indiana Voters Turn Out Early Despite Rain
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(INDIANAPOLIS, November 2nd, 2004, 3 p.m.) -- Indiana voters braved morning rain Tuesday to cast their ballots, waiting in long lines at some precincts, perhaps driven by the tight race for governor.

Incumbent Gov. Joe Kernan voted at St. Joseph's High School in his hometown of South Bend. He began his day with a haircut and then rowed on the St. Joseph River despite some rainy morning weather.

"I think that we are just all better off when more people vote," Kernan said after voting. "There's a lot of enthusiasm on both sides and a lot of energy. And that's good."

Republican challenger Mitch Daniels voted just after the polls opened at St. Simon Catholic Church in Indianapolis.

"The mood for change is really strong in Indiana," Daniels said. "You just can't look at the thousands of faces I've been visiting with these last few days and not feel pretty excited."
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http://wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=2513045&nav=0RZFSg7o

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. We could have 85% turnout in CT!!!!

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I mean, in 2000, we had 63% and I thought that was high, and now everyone is going to vote!!!!

Kerry in a landslide!!!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

2. Thanks....good data.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Arizona polling locations draw big crowds

1:55 PM MST Tuesday
Arizona polling locations draw big crowds
Joining the Arizona masses at the voting polls Tuesday were two of the state's leading politicians.

U.S. Sen. John McCain cast his ballot Tuesday morning at Phoenix Calvary Temple.

Speaking to reporters outside the polling location, the state's senior Republican Senator said he is hopeful the country will have a definitive outcome in the presidential race late tonight or early Wednesday morning, and he expressed his pleasure on news that voter turnout has been high.

"I think it is great that we're going to have a big turnout, that's what America is all about," said McCain. "I just hope that we're not up too late."
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The wait at many polling locations Tuesday morning was up to an hour-and-a-half, according to reports into Newsradio 620 KTAR.
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http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2004/11/01/daily28.html?jst=b_ln_hl

[Skidmore]

4. I'm leaving to vote at 4 pm. and am anxious

to see what turnout is like in our little rural county, which is predominantly republican. I have the only Kerry/Edwards sign in our little village of 200 souls. On Halloween evening, I had a mom stand at the end of our walkway while I distributed candy to her kids, giving me a thumbs up sign. I couldn't figure out what she was communicating at first, the she came up and told me that it was good to see a K/E sign in the village and that she only knew of 3-4 other people in the village who support the K/E ticket.