CNN...Did you just see the LONG, LONG line somewhere in COOK COUNTY, IL???

[in_cog_ni_to]

Cook County just filed an extension for 2 more hours tonight because of the long lines. Machine problems.

[CottonBear]

1. I assume that Cook County is in Illinois. n/t

[rzemanfl]

2. Not a geography major, I take it. n/t

[trumad]

4. Geez... we need to know counties now?

[rzemanfl]

17. It's just that the Repukes have been complaining about Cook

Cpunty since Kennedy beat Nixon. I bet "The Untouchables" was no longer in prime time when you were a kid.

[ChiciB1]

22. I Think Cook County Is Probably One Of The Most Famous In My

lifetime. Another one that I can think of as being very famous is Orange County In CA!

I'm not trying to be crass... I'm just over 70 posts til I reach 5000! Wonder If I make it before the election is over!! I don't think I will... have some work to get done and the hours are waning!

[ChiciB1]

23. Wrong Math... One Over 80 Posts! n/t

[CottonBear]

6. Nope, just not a resident of Illinois. I live in the Southeast not the Midwest.

I live in Georgia, which has the second most counties of any state except Texas. I have a hard enough time keeping up with Georgia! I have only been to Illionois once and that was in 1977 when I was on a High School museum trip to Chicago.

[rzemanfl]

18. I grew up in Cook County and went to those museums every

year on field trips.

[Jackpine Radical]

20. I wonder how many Cook Counties there are.

Duluth MN is in Cook County.

Not a geography major, I take it.

[w13rd0]

3. chi town

n/t

[CottonBear]

7. Thanks. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. Yes. IL. is in my title.

:hi:

[CottonBear]

13. Oops! Mea Culpa! I didn't see that! I was speed reading DU posts!

I'm trying to multi-task (work on an Autocad drawing and check DU at the same time!)

I've been to Chicago. It's a great city! I can't wait to go back one day.

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. Chicago is BEAUTIFUL! My favorite city.

:)

[Kutjara]

5. This is getting frickin' ridiculous.

They honestly want us to believe that Diebold, who make the ATM machines that work 24/7 in all weathers and temperatures, while keeping accurate account of withdrawls, deposits, account balances, cellphone credits and whatall else, can't make a machine that accurately registers a few thousand votes during a twelve hour period on one day?

Bullshit.

[gully]

25. Agreed.

Seems to me if they wanted voting integrity, they'd have voting integrity.

[RoyGBiv]

28. Well ...

I see what you're saying, but as a person who has the unfortunate duty of babysitting one of these monstrosities that takes care of certain kinds of customer accounts, I'll note that they breakdown regularly, count and report things incorrectly, etc. It's just not something that gets advertised.

These machines being used for voting is just absurd beyond words.

[Window]

31. I wonder if Diebold made the ATM that gave my friend

$560.00 He wanted $500.00 and received $1160.00, but his receipt read $500.00, so he kept it. He wanted to give it back. Of course, I told him not to. LOL

[elehhhhna]

33. Uh, that's still larceny. Petty or grand? Not sure.

Tell your pal to give it back...the bank will catch it eventually.

[Window]

34. Really!

Didn't know that. Will surely tell him.


Thanks.

[CottonBear]

9. Were the number of polling places reduced since the last election? n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. I don't know. I live in a different county. I'm South of Cook County.

It sounded like the long line was because of a malfunction in the machines.:(

[hedda_foil]

10. What station?

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. He didn't say. He showed a video of the LONG line

in Cook County. He didn't say where it was exactly....just Cook County.

[Bawston1]

11. Schaumburg, IL (Cook, Co.) 2:00 p.m., Moderate Lines

The line took about 20 minutes

[Jacobin]

16. Its official. We live in a third world country

There is no excuse for any of this other than pure thievery, trickery and chicanery.

ATM machines work.

But we can't get a system to do simple arithmetic every couple of years?

[hedda_foil]

19. Are you sure it's not Kane County IL?

They've gone to court for an extension to 9:30. Tribune doesn't mention anything similar in Cook.

[truebrit71]

24. Shit...if it was Kane county that could mean that Denny the Hut could be in...

...BIG trouble...and not just with his tailor....

[orleans]

21. where did you see it?

cnn showed a horribly long line about half an hour ago, but it looked like it was winding down a country road.

[karlrschneider]

26. I think that one was in Denver. Said 3 blocks long...

:eyes: :puke:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

32. I voted in Cook this morning, and waited 15 seconds.

of course, it was 6:30 am and I was #26 to vote. and there was a line forming when I was done.

[Robbien]

27. WBBM is reporting two precincts in Cook will be open late

A Cook County Judge ordered two suburban polling places to remain open late -- the 7th Precinct polling place, at 1909 S. Laramie Ave. in Cicero; and the 92nd Precinct at 200 Glenwood/Lansing Road in Glenwood will remain open until 8 p.m., Cook County State’s Attorney’s office spokeswoman Marcy Jensen said. The two precincts opened about 90 minutes late this morning.

http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/121721.php?contentType=4&contentId=237151

There was also a huge problem with the pens, there weren't any at my polling station.

[spanone]

29. I saw that. Pathetic in America, how long we been doin' this?????

[Window]

30. Just heard on CNN they got the extension.

n/t

[Prism]

35. The problem is lack of training, familiarity

Basically Cook County received a bunch of new machines this year. Many precincts (my own included) used punchcard butterfly ballots for years.

During the primaries, it became rapidly clear that no one had any idea how to run the things. So, the county tried to implement a more vigorous training regimen for election workers to avoid problems.

Well of course, the general election has much higher turnout to aggravate things, many people have never voted on anything but the old punchcard ballots, the election workers themselves may not be sure, etc. etc. etc.

Simply put, Cook County and others in the area knew this was going to be a massive clustermuck going in. I'd not be surprised to learn they'd drawn up the requests for extensions before Election Day. Everyone saw this coming.

[warrens]

36. We had major problems during the primaries too

Can't blame THIS one on the repukes. Dems OWN this joint.