Bronson can praise praise the work of his fellow bigots, but we can't get any liberal voices in the Enquirer to refute him? That would displease "Dear Leader," so I guess it will have to wait. When will the "W" arm bands be available for purchase?
By the way, those phone calls were mostly recorded ones. I got about 20 of those 100,000 and they were not live people. They were Robocalls from people like Mike Reagan scaring you over Gay Marriage.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Under/Over Votes in Hamilton County
Based on my exhaustive analysis of the final results of the election, excluding provisional ballots, we had the following:
Total Number of Ballots Cast = 418,001
Less Votes For Bush = 215,639
Less Votes For Kerry = 190,956
Less Votes For Badnarik = 1,006
Less Votes For Peroutka = 637
Under/Over Votes = 9,763
Total Number of Ballots Cast = 418,001
Less Votes For Bush = 215,639
Less Votes For Kerry = 190,956
Less Votes For Badnarik = 1,006
Less Votes For Peroutka = 637
Under/Over Votes = 9,763
Lt. Gov. Jennette Bradley to Take Treasurer's Post?
An AP report speculates that Jennete Bradley will take over Joe Deter's post as Treasurer in January. This is not new speculation and is likely a done deal. What is not a done deal is who will then become Lt. Governor.
Comedian's Dream
Sledge points out another silver lining resulting from the election, the comedy will be better. The Daily Show will have a field day over the next four years. If SNL had any courage they would do the same thing, but SNL tries to be evenhanded nowadays, and all to often just not funny.
MIAMI 23, Toledo 16
Cincinnati's Silver Lining
One of the few good bits of news that came from last night was passage of Issue Three, removing the anti-homosexual Article XII of the City Charter.
UPDATE: Nick Spencer has more.
UPDATE: Nick Spencer has more.
Fear and the Stockholm Syndrome
Well, it ends, and it ends badly. Fear won over hope. Hate will be viewed as a strength. A bully is what people think they want, because a bully has captured them and holds their egos hostage. People’s egos were damaged and vulnerable and ripe for attack. BushCo made that attack and won. They have grown to worship their dear leader, their captor with a kind of blind faith that one can only described as delusional.
We are headed into what history I believe will call the American Dark Age. The world will hate us more, which believe it or not is actually possible. The poor will be forgotten. The wealthy will be rewarded for just being wealthy. Science will be devalued and in some cases be outlawed. Freedom to conform will replace the freedom to be an individual. We are now under the thumb of theocratic George who will succeed in taking away the rights of Americans (especially women, non-Christians, and the poor).
What people should be prepared for is WAR.
WAR, WAR, and WAR.
We will have war for the next four years. We will have thousands of Americans killed and tens of thousands of innocents killed. Iran, Syria, North Korea, and even the West Bank.
The right-wing fascists are out for revenge and they will be taking it. I don’t just mean the few commenters on here who will, and have, gleefully gloated about their dictator winning. If I were to be snippy I would call this 1934 Germany, but I am not that extreme, it's just the venom speaking.
We are headed into what history I believe will call the American Dark Age. The world will hate us more, which believe it or not is actually possible. The poor will be forgotten. The wealthy will be rewarded for just being wealthy. Science will be devalued and in some cases be outlawed. Freedom to conform will replace the freedom to be an individual. We are now under the thumb of theocratic George who will succeed in taking away the rights of Americans (especially women, non-Christians, and the poor).
What people should be prepared for is WAR.
WAR, WAR, and WAR.
We will have war for the next four years. We will have thousands of Americans killed and tens of thousands of innocents killed. Iran, Syria, North Korea, and even the West Bank.
The right-wing fascists are out for revenge and they will be taking it. I don’t just mean the few commenters on here who will, and have, gleefully gloated about their dictator winning. If I were to be snippy I would call this 1934 Germany, but I am not that extreme, it's just the venom speaking.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Cincinnati Results
For "real time" results this pdf file has the most current information. Refresh it for more current results.
I am heading downtown soon, so I don't plan on posting until much later on or even until tomorrow.
These results are so far very slow to come in, which concerns me. I hope it is just because of the flurry of write-ins.
I am heading downtown soon, so I don't plan on posting until much later on or even until tomorrow.
These results are so far very slow to come in, which concerns me. I hope it is just because of the flurry of write-ins.
Enquirer Quasi-Blogging the Elections
Korte, Siegel, and Kemme are giving frontline reports from around town on the election. Korte includes Ethan Hahn's voting adventure (your welcome on that Greg) and other good anecdotes from the precincts. Is Ethan a Democratic blogger? What is odd however is that some wrote in the intro to the page that they are in "Columbus." That does not make much sense with notes on where they are reporting from. Now, they might not actual be where they report on, like me. I am sitting in a Hyde Park coffee shop right now, so go figure.
College Students Denied the Vote
Some Parents in the 34th district are very upset because their kids who attend OSU and OU did not receiving their absentee ballots. A judge has ruled that anyone who did not receive their absentee ballot, but should have, is entitled to vote with a provisional ballot. The problem is that the kids away at college can't do that unless they drive home. Few if any can do so, therefore they have been denied the vote. Is this another result of the lack of staff at the BOE to handle the level of voter participation this year? More lawsuits may be filed on this issue.
Deters Supporters Get Careless
Some Colerain Township Deters fans "left" there pencils in the voting booths. These pencils had "Write In Deters" printed on them. This is a violation of the law, but arguably an inadvertent. Well, it can be claimed inadvertent, but when two booth in one polling location have them, which equals all of the booths in that precinct, then that claim starts to crumble.
Reports also were reported in Mariemont and other places around the county. Details on that were not listed in the WLWT article.
To be fair, Fanon Rucker himself allegedly came into vote while wearing a hat covered in Rucker stickers.
Reports also were reported in Mariemont and other places around the county. Details on that were not listed in the WLWT article.
To be fair, Fanon Rucker himself allegedly came into vote while wearing a hat covered in Rucker stickers.
Exit Polling Allowed
Blackwell was over ruled and exit polling will be allowed today as it has for over 20 years.
The question is when did this ruling come down? Were pollsters there this morning? If not, then they are going to get a distorted result.
The question is when did this ruling come down? Were pollsters there this morning? If not, then they are going to get a distorted result.
Local Blogger's Registration Messed Up
Ethan Hahn of Queen City Soapbox reports he was not listed as being registered. What makes no sense is that he has lived in the same place for two years and voted in each election during that time. His wife who voted with him at the time was listed and was able to vote, but he was not. How could this have screwed up? This kind of thing should not happen. If he had moved and it had mess up that is one thing, but this sound like a serious error at the BOE. Ethan will have more later.
He was allowed to cast a provisional ballot, which is odd. I guess showing he lived in the precinct was what he had to do be allowed to cast the provisional ballot. His case should be reviewed and I hope the BOE can give him some answers.
UPDATE: Ethan has gotten some answers and it appears a new registrant's name was similar to his and they treated that new registration as a change to his, which was incorrect. His vote should count and they have fixed the problem. What this points out however is that the volume of new registration really caused some problems at the BOE. This is not the only case of this type of thing. I think some of the money the Federal government gave to Ohio for voting machines might best be spent on human beings auditing the registration roles for oddities like Ethan's case before today.
UPDATE #2: Ethan has a full recap of the resolution.
He was allowed to cast a provisional ballot, which is odd. I guess showing he lived in the precinct was what he had to do be allowed to cast the provisional ballot. His case should be reviewed and I hope the BOE can give him some answers.
UPDATE: Ethan has gotten some answers and it appears a new registrant's name was similar to his and they treated that new registration as a change to his, which was incorrect. His vote should count and they have fixed the problem. What this points out however is that the volume of new registration really caused some problems at the BOE. This is not the only case of this type of thing. I think some of the money the Federal government gave to Ohio for voting machines might best be spent on human beings auditing the registration roles for oddities like Ethan's case before today.
UPDATE #2: Ethan has a full recap of the resolution.
Vote Cast - Power Out
I had no problems casting my vote and as expected there were no challengers at my precinct. I ran into problems at home when my power was out. It hit a large portion of Mt. Washington. I am therefore back enjoying a Mocha at Panera.
The oddest thing at the polls, and this may just be normal practice because it happened for someone else at another poll, is that they have a second checklist they workers where checking off. When I asked what that was for, one of the ladies said they have to post it at 11:00 AM. I have no idea why and it seems like a secondary log of the polls which seems good, but it just struck me as odd. Also, the registers are printed in a new format, easier to use.
The oddest thing at the polls, and this may just be normal practice because it happened for someone else at another poll, is that they have a second checklist they workers where checking off. When I asked what that was for, one of the ladies said they have to post it at 11:00 AM. I have no idea why and it seems like a secondary log of the polls which seems good, but it just struck me as odd. Also, the registers are printed in a new format, easier to use.
I'm Off to Vote
I have my camera in hand.
If you have own voting stories or reports, please share them here.
If you have own voting stories or reports, please share them here.
Targeted Challenges
According the article on the appeals court ruling: the GOP states they will have "3,500 challengers" in Ohio. Well, that says at least that every precinct will not be gummed up. What it also says that the GOP is only sending challengers to certain polling locations. Hamilton County alone has 1,025 precincts. The GOP is going after the Democratic vote, and will ignore anything at precincts where they dominate. Prior reports indicate they will be targeting minority polling locations. We are going to have problems and this may get out of hand.
I hope the media keeps a tally of how many voters they challenge and how many are successful. Oh, wait, they will not be allowed in the polls to watch the GOP. The Dems will have to do it. Damn it, I am getting a bit pissed about this. Up until now I still held out hope that the GOP was just flexing its muscle, trying to act tough in light of a bad situation. I know think they are truly out to keep people from voting at the polls. We are headed for something bad.
More from Kos and Make Ohio Blue, including the first report of challengers.
Please are going to be confused when reading their Newspapers like this.
It is going to be a long day.
I hope the media keeps a tally of how many voters they challenge and how many are successful. Oh, wait, they will not be allowed in the polls to watch the GOP. The Dems will have to do it. Damn it, I am getting a bit pissed about this. Up until now I still held out hope that the GOP was just flexing its muscle, trying to act tough in light of a bad situation. I know think they are truly out to keep people from voting at the polls. We are headed for something bad.
More from Kos and Make Ohio Blue, including the first report of challengers.
Please are going to be confused when reading their Newspapers like this.
It is going to be a long day.
Back to a Mess
Well the 6th Circuit lived up to its reputation and has reversed both the Dlott and Adams decisions and will allow challengers into the polls. We now will have a mess at the polls. It might have been nice of the judges to ah, do this yesterday maybe? I mean now will have poll workers who at this point don't even know that the challengers are allowed in, and the polls are now open.
It is now going to be nasty at the polls. Tension has mounted and people will not have heard about this ruling before some idiot tries to challenge someone.
Please remember that when you go vote you do not have to talk to anyone but the poll worker. Bring some ID and check out these two sets of questions you might be asked: DDN and Enquirer.
I wonder what Blackwell is saying about this.
I wonder if exit poll workers will get in too.
Ohio Voter Suppression has more.
It is now going to be nasty at the polls. Tension has mounted and people will not have heard about this ruling before some idiot tries to challenge someone.
Please remember that when you go vote you do not have to talk to anyone but the poll worker. Bring some ID and check out these two sets of questions you might be asked: DDN and Enquirer.
I wonder what Blackwell is saying about this.
I wonder if exit poll workers will get in too.
Ohio Voter Suppression has more.
Monday, November 01, 2004
Happy Ken Blackwell
After the rulings today from two Federal Judges (Dlott and Adams), Ken Blackwell must be pleased. I even think Jim Petro, Ohio AG, is pleased. He is so pleased that he is putting off appealing the state law allowing poll challengers until after the election.
I think this issue will not be much of a post election talking point for the GOP, at least not if Tacitus is right when "Von" reported that Judge Adams was appointed by Bush. Dlott is the much reviled Democrat appointee that every local Republican seems to hate.
I think Blackwell saw the challengers as losing issue, but the Bush campaign and the state wide GOP wants to claw at any issue they can. Blackwell wants to be governor and he can't have presided over the messiest Ohio election in history and win in a harsh GOP primary.
I think the County BOEs are going to be the real mess now.
The issue that is going to be at issue in Ohio is the exit polling. Will it be worth anything? I mean I know it never is and this year all polling is whacked, but with Blackwell's order to keep the media out of the precincts, will they be able to get as accurate results?
I think this issue will not be much of a post election talking point for the GOP, at least not if Tacitus is right when "Von" reported that Judge Adams was appointed by Bush. Dlott is the much reviled Democrat appointee that every local Republican seems to hate.
I think Blackwell saw the challengers as losing issue, but the Bush campaign and the state wide GOP wants to claw at any issue they can. Blackwell wants to be governor and he can't have presided over the messiest Ohio election in history and win in a harsh GOP primary.
I think the County BOEs are going to be the real mess now.
The issue that is going to be at issue in Ohio is the exit polling. Will it be worth anything? I mean I know it never is and this year all polling is whacked, but with Blackwell's order to keep the media out of the precincts, will they be able to get as accurate results?
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