Joplin, MO has run out of FUCKING BALLOTS!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

Joplin...a REPUB stronghold! Now they're XEROXING BALLOTS! Geezus freakin' krist! Polls close there in 45 minutes.:(

[pissedoffprogressive]

1. Fucking ridiculous

It is all run by the Repukes. Fucking assholes:mad:

[FightingIrish]

2. I hope they're just Xeroxing blank ballots

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. LOL...yes, blank ballots.

I guess I should have specified, but I my head was exploding!

[Texasgal]

3. WHAAAAAAAAAA?

Are you serious?

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. TOTALLY serious!

:grr:

[Texasgal]

14. wow!

I have never heard of such a thing!

That's just damn weird!

What now? I mean...what do they do?

[in_cog_ni_to]

18. They're xeroxing ballots and trying to get their hands on more

from where??? I have no idea! Where could they just pick up some ballots that are printed for THEIR election?

I think they had better start handing out pen and paper and just let the people vote on that!

[Little Wing]

4. Unacceptable

There should be 110% ballots for the number of registered voters - the extra 10% for truly accidental screwups, coffee spills, etc

[shadowknows69]

7. exactly

"Nobody could have anticipated that people who registered would come out to vote"

[stop the bleeding]

5. UNFUCKING REAL

:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke:

[BootinUp]

6. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

()*&#$)(*&@#$)(*%&@_#$*_+)@*!#*@!!~!!@@!@@@!@!@

[bluestateguy]

8. Inexcusable

And yes, I know this is a GOP stronghold.

[stop the bleeding]

10. IS THIS LEGAL?

I mean does this invalidate the vote - ie: it can't be official if it is a copy???

:nuke:

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. I don't know! I THINK they're just trying to placate the people before

a fucking riot breaks out becase people are PISSED! I don't blame them!

[high density]

12. Did I hear on MSNBC that they had 2x the expected turnout?

That's amazing.

[devilgrrl]

15. How convenient!!!!

:eyes:

[BelgianMadCow]

16. Consider a repost in Skinner's stickied thread as well please

so we keep the shit together, so to speak.

[McKenzie]

17. of course this allows plausible deniability...

...the problems were not only in strongly blue areas...just saying. How could they run out of ballots? I smell a rat.

[w13rd0]

19. Joplin MO may be a Repub stronghold...

...but I've been there and met the kids who are just coming of voting age. And if they are turning out to vote (and I hope they are)...it's good news for us.

[newsdude]

20. These things happen

Happpened where I work in a small town in South East michigan.
The county didn't send the village enough ballots, not realizing that a vote on a new police station/village hall would dramatically increase turnout ....

They had to xerox ballots here.