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CalebHayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:35 PM
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Tell me your voting stories!
Lets hear how it went.
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:36 PM
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1. none here from me
PA doesn't vote until April :(

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mutant80 Donating Member (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:43 PM
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6. I watched Hillary's QA show last night, and I watched
Obama on CSpan.

And I decided that one had put a lot of thought and effort into
issues, and one had a cool campaign strategy.

So voting for Hillary Clinton was the obvious choice.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:38 PM
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2. I saw Deval Patrick in line to vote.
The weather is crap today, but I made it to the polls bright and early.

There was already a line, at 7:05AM, but not out the door yet.

I was voter number 28.

Want to guess who was waiting in line ahead of me?








None other than the governor himself, Deval Patrick!


Fox news and another station were there with cameras to record the event.
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CalebHayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:43 PM
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5. Very cool.
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hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:41 PM
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3. Just voted in MA (Cape Cod) - 821 voters had already been there, out of 2400 registered.
I was told that most people vote on their way home from work.

We'll see...
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suston96 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:42 PM
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4. Stood in a long line in Prescott Valley AZ...
...no, not necessarily a big turnout - maybe it was - but here is the main reason: due to lack of poll workers, the number of polling precincts was dropped from 100 to 24.

When I called the County that was explained to me and also, thankfully, it will not happen for the general.
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Mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:45 PM
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7. Got my absentee ballot in the mail, marked it for Obama, gave it to my mother-in-law to take to the
county registrar of voters office.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:47 PM
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8. Dear Penthouse, I never thought these voting stories were true... until one happened to me!
Wait, wrong forum.
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Tumbulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:48 PM
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9. I was a Kucinich supporter
then I would have voted for Edwards.

But my nephew who has been in both Iraq and Afghanistan wrote an impassioned letter asking all of his relatives to vote for Obama. Both Obama and Clinton are too corporate for me, but I decided to vote for my nephew's choice as I love him dearly and he has different insights having actually fought in these wars, He persuaded me that Obama will get us out of Iraq more quickly that Clinton will. I do not know if this is at all true, but since I was so stuck in between the two too corporate candidates I went with his request.

I will support any democrat with a passion in the general election.
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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 03:52 PM
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10. Voted for Obama
in NJ at 7:00 A.M. No lines. However, everytime I touched Obama's name, an X showed by Clinton's name. Raised a little hell because my finger was nowhere near her name. The poll workers said it was happening often. Finally, resolved the issue.

Concerned because I live in a Senior Citizen building (there are three on our block) and some of the residents are very old and cannot see well.

Notified Obama headquarters in West Orange.


Peace:thumbsup:
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