tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2385145187853338595..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-88503584706687743952008-03-12T19:46:00.000-05:002008-03-12T19:46:00.000-05:00Wilson, why won't you answer Mike B's question??????? TYPICAL D! Pitiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-83942873888362151132008-03-11T19:00:00.000-05:002008-03-11T19:00:00.000-05:00I know that that Jen at TDW is the person I least trust AFTER Wilson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-78560943264145583952008-03-11T18:41:00.000-05:002008-03-11T18:41:00.000-05:00I certainly had my mind made up before going to the poll. That is not the point. Why should election inspectors be allowed to decide which election regulations they will obey and which ones they will not? The inspector knew it was in violation before anything was said. Maybe next time we can post a couple posters inside the voting booth? Heck, everyone's mind is already made up, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-34001282204687533462008-03-11T18:03:00.000-05:002008-03-11T18:03:00.000-05:005:23, the signs didn't matter. The people who did vote had made up their minds before they got to the polling place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-83435205306164983602008-03-11T18:01:00.000-05:002008-03-11T18:01:00.000-05:00I cast my vote at the eastside polling place on Vermont.<BR/>After I marked my ballot I was told to fold it in half and drop in in the box.<BR/>As I turned around to drop my ballot in the box my jaw bounced off the floor. A FLIMSY CARDBOARD BALLOT BOX!! My God!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/>Sure, I absolutely certain this election isn't rigged. <BR/>I have voted by paper ballot in two small towns in the United State and the ballot boxes sure as hell were not made out of cardboard boxes that came Staples.<BR/>In fact the ballot boxes in these two towns were strongboxes with a slit in the top and THEY HAD TWO, YES TWO PAD LOCKS which required TWO KEYS to open. <BR/>So Indianapolis, the 12 largest city in the United States, uses cardboard boxes in a race for UNITED STATES CONGRESS!!!<BR/>There is absolutely no possible way that all these ballots get where they are supposed to be counted. <BR/>CARDBOARD BOXES!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/>Is this for real? If so, then most Third World countries run more honest elections than we do.<BR/>Rigged? I'll wait for vote tally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-88930764978246746892008-03-11T17:23:00.000-05:002008-03-11T17:23:00.000-05:00Marion County elections practices are not funny. Unsealed cardboard boxes? Are you kidding me? Even Iraq sealed their tupperware containers I understand. <BR/><BR/>My election location had a "Carson for Congress" sign taped next to the door entrance and in clear violation of the 50 foot rule exclusion for campaign literature. I pointed out the violation. The "inspector" informed me that it was "his call" and it looked like 50 feet to him. He said it had "been there all day". Any suggestions on what I should have - should do? I am tired of this stuff in Marion County.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-86733984731397107502008-03-11T17:21:00.000-05:002008-03-11T17:21:00.000-05:00It’s news to me! I wasn’t the Inspector there so I left the voting place around 8am and then was out and about tagging along photographing André Carson the rest of the day. I just got home and saw this trivia online.<BR/><BR/>No, I didn’t tell anybody to wear any buttons either!Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-11471150396367759732008-03-11T16:54:00.000-05:002008-03-11T16:54:00.000-05:00The corruption of The Democrat Machine never surprises me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-68916159653140079142008-03-11T15:50:00.000-05:002008-03-11T15:50:00.000-05:00I also thought it odd that the ballots were placed in a cardboard box, rather than fed into a machine.<BR/><BR/>My conscious would not allow me to vote for either of the three, so I wrote in David O's name, instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-37129223591612223392008-03-11T14:16:00.000-05:002008-03-11T14:16:00.000-05:00As I folded over my ballot this morning, I wondered the same thing about how well it would feed through the scanner.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-40793749627489303952008-03-11T14:07:00.000-05:002008-03-11T14:07:00.000-05:00Jim Shelia made a good point in his blog - the extra time needed to UNFOLD the ballots since the slots in the box was not wide enough !<BR/><BR/>And are they going to security tape OVER all of the slots after 6 PM ? What is going to stop someone from sliding in some extra ballots after 6 PM ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2505954573138849222008-03-11T13:11:00.000-05:002008-03-11T13:11:00.000-05:00What are you guys going to do if Elrod wins and you've thrown all of these accusations out? Couldn't this come back to bite you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1913327387617327702008-03-11T12:28:00.000-05:002008-03-11T12:28:00.000-05:00It is obvious to me that several people posting on here are ignorant of election law. Mayor Ballard selects the polling locations. Complain to him. The voter registration card does not count since the GOP now requires picture ID...the absentee numbers actually seem highs COMPARED to the absentees for the entire county November election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-13130233611788075892008-03-11T12:16:00.000-05:002008-03-11T12:16:00.000-05:00Jen Wagner is claiming on TDW, "apparently there are no missing ballots. But nice try."<BR/><BR/>Did they magically appear? Anyone have the scoop?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-26860496864863322652008-03-11T11:21:00.000-05:002008-03-11T11:21:00.000-05:00I found it odd that the ballots were placed in a box, rather than fed into machines. A neighbor was told that they were going to be taken elsewhere to a central location and counted by machine. The poll clerk made it clear to me that she didn't need to see my registration card, only my driver's license. We received two registration cards at my address for people who haven't lived here for at least 3 years.Eclecticvibehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15848437748997209589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-47664867464376151192008-03-11T10:39:00.000-05:002008-03-11T10:39:00.000-05:00I am getting ready to go to vote. I'm late going because I don't think it will really matter. I think it is a done (Crooked) deal.<BR/><BR/>We will have a cheating, fake (education only worth the paper it is on) winner by much string pulling.<BR/><BR/>p.s. I was impressed by letter written by Jons Mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-38011484823539800762008-03-11T10:27:00.000-05:002008-03-11T10:27:00.000-05:00I was unable to vote at this morning even though I went to the address on the card received two days ago. It was the same as was on the Clerk's website for my address. They would not find out where to send me. The voting officials would not let me seal my ballot in the envelope. they would not allow me to void the ballot. What a mess!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-60913977619751647882008-03-11T08:20:00.000-05:002008-03-11T08:20:00.000-05:00Wilson, shouldn't you be out picking through garbage for gossip and breakfast or stalking someone with your Brownie camera? Oh wait, ex-low level government bureaucrats usually don't get up until noon. All those years of 3 hour workdays are habit-forming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-32386683339358726232008-03-11T08:10:00.000-05:002008-03-11T08:10:00.000-05:00Good point, John M, but adjusting from last year's mayoral election, it would still suggest a smaller turnout than that election.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-78372766588833462122008-03-11T07:51:00.000-05:002008-03-11T07:51:00.000-05:00Are your numbers adjusted for population, Gary? The 7th District includes only about 78 percent of Marion County's population (about 675,000 of 865,000 MC residents are in the 7th), so if not, there wouldn't be that much of a difference in the percentage of absentee ballots cast.John Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904933804078748933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-90015694293320375542008-03-11T07:45:00.000-05:002008-03-11T07:45:00.000-05:00Wilson - help us out here - who should people complain to about polling sites not opening and that inconvenience ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-76658448067673295692008-03-11T07:41:00.000-05:002008-03-11T07:41:00.000-05:00My wife voted at 8 AM and they did ask for her Photo ID when she tried to show them just the voter registration postcard she had.<BR/><BR/>I assume someone from the election office talked to the people running it and told them what they were supposed to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-54700775915833540942008-03-11T07:24:00.000-05:002008-03-11T07:24:00.000-05:00Locations of polling places are chosen by the Mayor's Office - complain to Ballard about those inconveniences!Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-91235247939473354092008-03-11T06:21:00.000-05:002008-03-11T06:21:00.000-05:00That was me. I did call the election people about it. My wife goes in this morning to vote and we will see if they ask for her photo ID.<BR/><BR/>Mike B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com