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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:06 AM Original message |
Why is it that I have to go to a church to vote? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Think About It... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Why couldn't it be a voting booth built by our tax dollars? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Because You Need Large Rooms Not Booths. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. either of those would be appropriate to me anyway |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Build separate facilities to use once or twice a year? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Who would want to pay for that? |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. We vote at a public library and at an athletic center. Only once |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Probably because the church has ample parking and handicap |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. Cheer up |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. h & r, thats a new wrinkle for me |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The places I've voted have included |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Strange then its always been churches for me |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Have you always lived in Oklahoma? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:44 AM Original message |
too quick on the trigger finger |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. sure have and trust me I know I have missed a lot |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 09:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Oh - I wasn't saying that you've missed anything - I was |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 09:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I know |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. City housing for low-income seniors |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Oooh, forgot about the country fairground |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've voted in mobile home park club houses. Where I live |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. I have to vote at a |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
13. What difference does it make? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. its no big deal for me either I was just wondering why it is and I ask |
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John1956PA (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. There may be a slight coercion factor in having the poll in a church. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. breaking the rules is what the pukes are the best at I guess |
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bperci108 (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I would disagree. |
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John1956PA (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 09:19 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Thank you for the greeting, as well as the insightful and humorous reply! |
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TAPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. Voting is pretty much the only |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. to vote and funerals for me |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. God is a poll watcher in your precinct? |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. With two small kids in school |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. I go to church to vote also. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Well I have a better understanding of the whys now. |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. We once voted in someone's garage! n/t |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
26. perhaps there are not enough municipal buildings to use? |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
31. apparently this is pretty common, but it makes sense to be concerned |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 09:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. that is a concern of mine too but so far it has never happened |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
37. I've always voted in a school building...a public school building. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. Our polling place is at the Boy Scout hall. Do they let gays vote there? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
39. They don't pay property tax, they might as well do something... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
40. Elementary school usually, armory one. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
41. I usually have to vote inside private businesses. If I were a |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
42. I vote at the Unitarian Church down the street |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
43. Is it at a "Second Day Adventists" church? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
44. Don't worry you don't have to convert when you walk through the door |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
45. Well, to be honest... |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
46. They switched my polling place to a church |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
47. I vote in a small country church... |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
48. In Fairfax Cnty, VA, they use the schools. I'm in Warren Cnty, VA |
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