Problems reported at polls vary from state to state...

[randys1]

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/problems-reported-polls-vary-state-state

In Florida, the campaign of Charlie Crist, the Democratic candidate for governor, filed a court motion late Tuesday afternoon – which was ultimately denied – asking to extend voting hours in Broward County from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. One polling site was offline for over an hour causing major delays, the campaign said.


In Texas, where a strict voter ID law is in place for the first time in a major election, the state emailed counties Tuesday morning to inform them that the statewide voter registration system was down. According to Janice Evans, elections director for Brazoria County, it remained down at noon local time. That meant poll workers were unable to access information about a voter’s registration status, likely leading many voters to have to cast provisional ballots.

And of course, a large but unknown number of voters will be disenfranchised by the ID law. Several Texans spoke to msnbc Monday about the massive bureaucratic hurdles they went through as they tried unsuccessfully to get ID.

Why am I bothering with this thread...

[randys1]

1. ...

Meanwhile in Georgia, thousands of voters were left in limbo and unsure whether they can cast a ballot because the secretary of state’s office failed to process approximately 40,000 applications in time. A voter registration group sued the state to force it to act, but the suit was dismissed last month.

[randys1]

2. ..

And in North Carolina, which passed its own a restrictive voting law last year, the wrong voter rolls were sent to a polling site just down the street from Bennett College, a historically black college in Greensboro, poll monitors said. For a couple hours, monitors said the proper rolls hadn’t arrived, so voters were allowed to vote but it’s unclear if they were able to cast ballots or vote provisionally.

UN, please send troops in 2016

In Boone, near Appalachian State University, poll monitors reported that some people were yelling at voters that they needed ID to vote. In fact, the state’s voter ID provision doesn’t take effect until 2016. And according to local news reports, two precincts in Cumberland County received the wrong thumb drives for the voting machines that were sent.

[randys1]

3. REad this over and over until you cant see straight and then let me know when we are ready

Alabama’s ID law has largely escaped national scrutiny, but the state has said somewhere between 10 and 20% of voters don’t have the identification needed to vote.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Well, the "good" news about that is

There were hardly any real Dems running for any office beyond county level.

There WAS a DINO running for Gov.
He lost.
Ala. is 100% red at the state and Fed/ Level of voting.

Sigh.....

[JustAnotherGen]

4. randy

I'm wondering if this is going to be the 'normal' in 2016? I.E. Pennsylvania hit back against a governor that wished to disenfranchise - but others could not.

And even if everyone does precisely what they need to do by say - June of 2016 - the states will just add something new - like you have to provide a picture of yourself wearing blue eyeshadow in 1982. I know it seems silly and over the top -but I think their voter ID laws are silly and over the top. Social Security Card and Proof of Address (Utility bill) should be all one needs to register to vote.

[randys1]

6. Not silly, and remember, ANY voter ID law is UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Oligarchs are gonna win one way or another....the only question remaining is will you or I live long enough to see climate change kill the people who worked so hard to deny it. It will kill most of us regardless of our position on it, by the way.

I know Mitch The Ass Turtle WILL shut down the government when he gives Barack the ultimatum of destroy ACA or else.

I know when he does that millions of Americans and american businesses will be harmed and I know that at least half of those harmed will blame Obama.

Whether you can vote or not in 2016 is one question, and the other is WHO is counting the votes?

If it is electronic machines you can be certain that means the repubs are counting the votes and then all bets are off.

[lpbk2713]

5. I saw a few posts like this one ...

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025758806


Poll workers weren't sufficiently trained or supervised.