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Hi guys,
Today started early for me (and Fedup) -- 4:15 AM so I could get over to a precinct to make sure the Machines hadn't been tampered with. I am very confident that they were not. The poll workers were a little curious why I was there (there was no Republican counterpart), and one was ever so slightly annoyed that my verifying numbers was slowing them down (in his defense, they really needed to make sure everything was ready in time). After the poll opened, I waited to watch a couple of voters to make sure they had no problem voting on the machines, and it appeared everything was running smoothly. I went outside to find a nice couple manning the Democratic greeter side, and a cordial Republican, who came only with an Allen sign (no congressional candidate sign).
There were more glitches at my home precinct. My hubby still hasn't voted because there was a long line, in part due to there being a disparagement between A-L and M-Z voter roles. Those with the latter last names cruised right through, while the others had to wait a long time. I will continue to make sure my better half casts his very first American vote, but were I not his wife, I think he would have just skipped it. The second glitch was that the signs supposedly left by the Democratic opener were GONE. I'm just speaking of allegations here, but it does appear that the Republicans stole our damned signs!! WTF!! I called Webb headquarters, and they asked me to fetch more signs (one from my yard, one I just stole -- hey they told me to do it!) and put them up. Since voters will be there all day, hopefully, the signs will stay put. There is no greeter at my precinct -- I guess they couldn't have one at every precinct.
For some reason, replacing those signs just made me so happy. Before I started volunteering for the Democrats, I would have noticed the lack of signs and thought -- those Democrats need to get their act together!! Now, that I'm a "neighborhood Democrat", I could solve the problem within an hour. Makes me think fondly back to my Grandpa who was the precinct captain for the Dems in a working class neighborhood in Pittsfield, Mass, and a delegate for JFK '60.
EVERYONE I know is voting for Webb (we're talking Bush voters!). I am very confident we will be nabbing a new Senate seat for the Dems. Of course, we'll have to wait and see after the votes are counted, but I feel very optimistic.
I'll follow up with an evening report of the Diebold Machines after 7 PM.
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