Randi Rhodes just said the Ohio polls are closed!

[rocktivity]

Don't they close at 7:30? Does she have her time zones mixed up? The polling place list on Hackett's web site say they're all open until 7:30?

:shrug:
rocknation

[Mr.Green93]

1. A caller to 700 WLW

said he went to his polling place and it was closed. What is going on up there?

[MoonRiver]

5. If the Puke thugs think they're going to lose, they will pull the same

dirty trick on their own that they have done to Dems. WAKE UP TIME.

[winga222]

16. Likely the wrong district

Not that I'd put much passed the Repugs but it's likely that that voter is really in Chabot's district, not Portman's old area. Communities are cut right down the middle, so there is a lot of confusion. My brother's best friend was sure she was in OH2, showed up this morning to vote (for Hackett natch) and found out she was one street over into the other district.

Fingers and all other appendages crossed, people....

[AngryOldDem]

20. This is probably the case

Congressional districts in southern Ohio are insanely drawn.

For instance, the 3rd District, which includes Montgomery County (Dayton) near the Indiana line, snakes its way down southern Ohio almost to the Ohio River. It looks damned odd when you see it on a map. (This was done a few years back in part to coerce then-Rep. Tony Hall not to seek re-election because southern Ohio is rock-solid GOP. This shameless ploy worked. Unfortunately. Our rep is now one of Bush's top lapdogs.)

[OneTwentyoNine]

2. Exact same question I asked in another post,she has to be very wrong...

How could most people vote with polls closing at 4:30 pm??

[xray s]

She means the 'gentlemans clubs' are closed

They always close them on election day to encourage Republican businessmen to get to the polls...

[WI_DEM]

17. you mean they close the whore houses early on election day?

[xray s]

23. yeah

especially the one in DC on the hill.

[jean]

3. at 2pm EST Al Franken said the OH polls close in 4 and a half hours

making it 6:30 EST. Hopefully he's right - the man is careful about mistakes.

[Vickers]

4. Folks, get your camcorders, call the press, take pictures

DOCUMENT THIS.

If true, it's big.

[flpoljunkie]

6. Cincinnati in EST. Polls opened at 6:30AM, will close at 7:30PM.

http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/4796302/detail.ht...

HACKETT VS. SCHMIDT

Polls Open: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Hackett, Schmidt Make Dash For Finish Line

Voter Turnout Higher Than Expected

POSTED: 6:12 pm EDT August 1, 2005
UPDATED: 12:17 pm EDT August 2, 2005

CINCINNATI -- The race is close and voter turnout could be higher than expected for the special election to fill the Ohio Second Congressional District seat Tuesday, News 5 reported.

Republican Jean Schmidt was first in line when the polls opened and expressed confidence in her battle with Democrat Paul Hackett. Schmidt voted at a school in her Clermont County precinct. Hackett voted later Tuesday morning at a park lodge in the Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill.

Both campaigns had TV and radio commercials sweeping the district, while campaign workers focused on get-out-the-vote efforts. Elections officials said on Tuesday that turnout could be as high as 25 percent, a strong showing for a summertime special election.

[dkamin]

36. link is dead

add an 'ml' to the end of it, to make it html.

[Extend a Hand]

7. I just got back from canvassing in Warren co.

the polls were open when I went to check my list around noon. And I didn't hear anything about closed polls when I turned in my list at 3:30. At noon, it looked like turnout had been really lite in the precinct where I canvassed.

[Jersey Devil]

8. Was it a heavily Repub precinct?

The key is getting the Dem voters out of course. Any reports on turnouts from Dem districts?

[Extend a Hand]

9. I was told that the entire

district is heavily rethug and that light turnout is good for Paul. Fingers crossed.

[Jersey Devil]

12. Is there some kind of buoycott going on by Repub voters?

I read that somewhere a while ago and as best as I can recall, the article said some Repub voters were going to stay away from the polls but can't recall the reason.

[flpoljunkie]

18. Schmidt is president of Cincinnati Right to Life whose members will no

doubt turn out in droves for her. This concerns me most--the true believers.

[flpoljunkie]

19. District went 64% for Dubya. A Hackett win here would be REALLY BIG!

Got a different number from a Cincinnati noon newscast--I like it better!

[Extend a Hand]

21. well on a positive note

In the precinct my son and I canvassed we only saw one Schmidt sign and around 8 Hackett signs. :)

[flpoljunkie]

22. A very positive note, indeed! Thanks for the on site report.

[ray of light]

25. contact Hacketts office and get verification

also if true, see if they can get an injunction. Is this the whole media or just air america? That type of thing.

Please pm me for more info.

[flpoljunkie]

10. They are open until 7:30PM. Has Randy corrected this gross error?

[Cassandra]

13. Ohio station is TAPE-DELAYED!

By the time they hear it, the polls will be closed.

[flpoljunkie]

14. Randi ought not say the polls are closed, as most in EST hear her live.

Weird!

[ray of light]

30. I agree! why say it's closed? Just talk about everyone who NEEDS

to be AT the polls by 7:30. This is a really stupid stunt, even if they got lucky and are really tape delayed.

[rocktivity]

38. dupe

self-delete

[rocktivity]

41. DING DING DING! Flpoljunkie, you're our grand prize winner!

Randi ought not say the polls are closed, as most in EST hear her live.

Exactly--I certainly wouldn't settle for a two-hour tape delay when I could hear the show live over the Internet. How ironic, when we're fighting supression of voter turnout!

:headbang:
rocknation

[senseandsensibility]

15. This is not the kind of error you just want to leave hanging out

there if it's incorrect. It will depress turnout by our side, which is the side listening to Randi.

[OneTwentyoNine]

11. What time did Rhodes just say it was?? This is weird.....

I just caught the tail end of what she was saying about it being 7:30 or something to that effect. Huh???????????

[Rainscents]

26. Randi had Majority reporter on and he said poll was closing

in at the place where he was absorbing election. Now, I don't think he was lying since he is right there.

BTW.. Maybe they have different time zone. :shrug:

[flpoljunkie]

31. They do not have a different time zone. Cincinnati is in the EST.

[ray of light]

24. Ok...people in this district MUST call Hackett and let them know

They also need to contact air america and tell them that that is misinformation. AND if the places ARE closing, against the law, then Hacketts office must file an immediate injunction.

My recommendation is call Hackett's office now and get verification.

[deadparrot]

27. Ohio station is tape delayed...the polls will be closed when they hear it.

:)

[ray of light]

28. do we know that for sure?

Like I'm from Michigan and I can hear Rhandi at 3pm in AA or 7pm from Columbus. How do we know they can't hear her at 3 pm as well?

[deadparrot]

29. Apparently, she said it on air.

I'm getting this info secondhand, but I'm gonna go ahead and trust it.

[Rainscents]

34. Yes, Randi just said it again... Her show is tape Delay,

However, what she didn't know, her second and 3rd hours is live as of last week. Which mean, she is on live right now!

[Rainscents]

32. She said tape delay...

Which mean, Her show is delay in airing in Cincinati... She is going by her tape delay.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

33. Randi is on after 6:00 on WKRC

[OneTwentyoNine]

35. Then she should have kept telling listeners that polls close at 7:30 pm...

Instead of trying to play some ridiculous "tape delay" game. OK,those of us who heard it can't vote anyway but it seems ridiculous the way it came out.

[deadparrot]

37. She probably wasn't thinking.

There's a lot to worry about in running a radio show. No harm, no foul.

Doubtless they're getting calls about it now.

[ray of light]

42. I agree!

[rocktivity]

39. Thanks, all of you--Randi finally explained what she was doing

a tape delayed show of sorts--she won't be on in the voting area until 6PM EST. I certainly appreciate her good intentions, but didn't she realize that people in the area listening to the AAR stream could have misunderstood?

:headbang:
rocknation

[flpoljunkie]

40. Still a dangerous thing to do, as many hear her online.

[ray of light]

43. I agree

and also some stations may cross "state" lines!