2018 Midterms Gameday Thread UPDATE 15 Mississippi still WOAT - Page 2 - Politics and Economics

The CA ballot is absurd. If I walked into the polling place without having looked at it before, and if I cared to think through the various issues, it could easily take an hour.

And there's no way to get a decent understanding of the props from the ballot. I'm pro-initiative, but reading the summaries is not great. It's better just to follow some source of endorsements you like.

Voting for judges is ridiculous. Maybe in a super small town it works, but people are just picking based on names they like (which means guessing gender and ethnicity) if they bother at all.

11-06-2018 , 11:47 AM

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suzzer99

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Originally Posted by microbet

I don’t vote if I don’t know the person.

11-06-2018 , 11:51 AM

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champstark

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Weather is terrible in NY, don't know about elsewhere. Will be curious to see how it affects turnout (there's no early voting in NY--THANKS CUOMO YOU ****).

11-06-2018 , 11:53 AM

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Will Florida release vote counts for statewide races (sen/gov) before the panhandle closes at 8pm?

11-06-2018 , 11:57 AM

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TheNewT50

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Voting machine failures at some precincts in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The county went for Clinton 50/44 and is one of Georgia's largest.

11-06-2018 , 11:58 AM

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Will Florida release vote counts for statewide races (sen/gov) before the panhandle closes at 8pm?

Usually they issue results as precincts report but it’s FL so who the hell knows?

11-06-2018 , 11:59 AM

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I believe in either 08 or 12 no one called FL for the presidential race until the following day but Obama already had > 270 so it didn’t matter

11-06-2018 , 12:01 PM

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An hour long wait in my middle class kc suburb now. Pretty ridiculous

11-06-2018 , 12:13 PM

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Anyone know the reasoning behind laws banning voting-booth selfies? I can’t think of a good reason.

11-06-2018 , 12:13 PM

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microbet

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

I don’t vote if I don’t know the person.

I vote against prosecutors. If it's two prosecutors, I don't usually vote. I wrote Noam Chomsky in for sheriff.

I vote against "Real Estate", "Business" or people who use their middle name as ad space. One of our candidates for assessor was John "Lower Taxes" Smith.

Speaking of property taxes, I voted for the storm water measurethat increases them. But I'm not freerolling you. I pay the property taxes on our house even though we rent.

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11-06-2018 , 12:14 PM

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MY BODY IS READY

11-06-2018 , 12:16 PM

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I vote against prosecutors. If it's two prosecutors, I don't usually vote. I wrote Noam Chomsky in for sheriff.

Haha nice

11-06-2018 , 12:18 PM

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i've been paying my bills via poker for over 10 years now and i think i've finally found the appropriate moment/high enough stakes to do this

Spoiler:

11-06-2018 , 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

People are saying the KY-06 race should be a leading indicator, if Barr loses Dems should have a great night.

I live in KY and agree. Insane how long the lines are in Lexington to vote. Some of the reports people are sending are amazing. If there isn’t historic turnout today in Fayette County, I will be shocked.

11-06-2018 , 12:21 PM

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SenorKeeed

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here for NEEDLE

11-06-2018 , 12:26 PM

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Went to vote in my usual neighborhood polling place. About half a dozen people there, all geriatric ****s giving me a death glares. Wanted to give them the finger

11-06-2018 , 12:31 PM

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MY BODY IS READY

Goddamn I love this meme.

11-06-2018 , 12:34 PM

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I appreciate that VA Senate is omitted from the key races list. It's accurate because either Kaine crushes as expected, or Stewart wins and democracy is over, voiding this entire thread.

Yeah, even in a really pessimistic scenario I don't think there's any reasonable threat of Stewart winning. If anything, he's such an awful candidate that I would think that his existence on the ballot may provide a boost to Dems in the swing districts where they stand to potentially pick up seats. I guess I don't know if this hypothesis has been proven out historically, but I have to think that the headline race always trickles down to some extent.

11-06-2018 , 12:36 PM

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rugby

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Damn it. 3am here, and I'm already awake too worried to sleep.

Please please please please please don't **** this up America.

11-06-2018 , 12:38 PM

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I'm listening to KOGO 600AM (rush, hannity s station) in San Diego they say "if you're headed to your polling station to vote and you need to find out your traffic that's coming up in 10 minutes" what the? Do people need to beat traffic to vote?

11-06-2018 , 12:39 PM

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Went to vote in my usual neighborhood polling place. About half a dozen people there, all geriatric ****s giving me a death glares. Wanted to give them the finger

Lol exact same thing here. Im 35. Out of 15 voters next youngest was probably 65. I assume its because it was 10:30 in the morning.

11-06-2018 , 12:42 PM

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jmakin

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If youre trying to vote and make it into work by 9 yea

11-06-2018 , 12:42 PM

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JonnyA

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Originally Posted by Namath12

Anyone know the reasoning behind laws banning voting-booth selfies? I can’t think of a good reason.

It's to prevent vote buying or coercion. While they make sense in a theoretical way, I think it's akin to using voter ID laws to prevent theoretical voter fraud.

11-06-2018 , 12:44 PM

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The weather machines have been activated, GOP gonna win

11-06-2018 , 12:45 PM

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suzzer99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jmakin

Went to vote in my usual neighborhood polling place. About half a dozen people there, all geriatric ****s giving me a death glares. Wanted to give them the finger

Walk up to the crankiest looking one and say "I am here to cancel out YOUR vote. Good day."

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