PlanetBev
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Tue Sep-09-08 09:18 PM
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Does early voting help us or hurt us? |
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Chuck Todd was talking about it tonight on Countdown and I wonder what it's effect is. Wouldn't it be people whose minds are made up and can't be changed?
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RichGirl
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Tue Sep-09-08 09:20 PM
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My mind is made up...nothing under God's green earth could change it.
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Tue Sep-09-08 09:20 PM
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2. No, it's more about avoiding lines |
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Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 09:20 PM by texastoast
Election day in a presidential is just nuts and lots of folks don't have employers who will give them time to stand in line to get to vote.
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Tue Sep-09-08 09:21 PM
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3. Early voting is always good |
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That way there's no long lines.
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PlanetBev
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Tue Sep-09-08 09:23 PM
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4. Yeah, that's why I vote absentee |
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I don't know why people wait in line for hours, when they can just mail it in.
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Tue Sep-09-08 09:25 PM
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Better turnout - Obama does better among when those less likely to vote are included in polls.
No long lines at minority area polling stations.
Obama's fantastic ground organization will have fewer people to have to coax to the polls.
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Tue Sep-09-08 09:26 PM
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6. Early voting in areas where there has been |
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election fraud as well as those where there may be election fraud is encouraged by Obama campaign for those voters who may be challenged especially (recently registered, blah blah blah).
Report any problems to local Obama campaign office!
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Tue Sep-09-08 09:31 PM
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7. The other benefit is that absentee ballots are paper, not ether. n/t |
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