3 Responses to Important News: Don’t Sport Your Choice

1. malcolm says:

   September 24, 2008 at 9:53 pm

   There’s an even more dastardly trick being played.
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   Operatives are currently scouring the public records for the names of people who have had their homes foreclosed, with the intention of contesting their votes.
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   They argue that once your house is foreclosed, you are no longer a resident, and therefore no longer allowed to vote in your old district. Since you don’t know this up front, you will not have thought to have registered in another district, so you don’t get to vote at all.
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   No word on where a homeless person is supposed to register in order to maintain their constitutional rights, but it’s a good bet that anyone whose home was foreclosed is more than a little likely to vote against the party that was in office when life dealt them the body blow, so this trick works to the advantage of the republicans.
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   If you are in these circumstances, I would call your election board NOW to find out if you can still vote in your old district, and try to get some sort of verification in writing before you go to the polls.
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   Also: if you can, vote as early as possible in the day. Weather is a big factor in presidential elections, and voting early will eliminate the chance that you miss out due to rain, snow, or long lines near the end of the day. This is going to be a heavy election, so expect lines if you go later in the day.
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   If at all possible, also try to avoid absentee ballots. In a perfect world, every vote would count, but in reality, absentee votes are only looked at if the initial poll counts are close. By voting at a poll instead of absentee, your vote gets counted in the early tally where it really counts.
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   Aside from that, look for the other “old school” tricks. If you see notices tacked to phone polls reminding you to vote on WEDNESAY (instead of Tuesday, the real day), get a cell phone photo before they tear it down and call the media.
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   Expect that there will be police cars at the polls if you live in a largely minority or democratic district. They are called in (they say) for security, but they are actually called in to scare people into thinking that voters are checked for outstanding warrants or parking tickets. This trick works to the advantage of the Republicans.
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   Expect that polling stations will be running low on ballots, especially if you are in a largely democratic or minority district. This will be a result of the abnormally high turnout that’s expected, plus a trick designed to discourage democratic votes.
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   If you suspect that you are in a district where these tricks are going to be played, I suggest that you have a cell phone and the phone numbers for both the local election board and the local media.
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   Remember that light is the greatest weapon against deception.

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2. Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes says:

   September 28, 2008 at 1:29 pm

   wow, good issh malcom and ea, we’ll have to run this a couple more times

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