Reply #4: You knew they were expecting this [View All]

[nbsmom]

Although I couldn't believe I was hearing McClintock when he spewed that bit about voting during the Civil War (I think Judy Woodruff couldn't believe he was tossing that kind of shit out either).

Where to begin about this lame meme:
-Half the polling places open for this recall vs. all of the polling places open and fully staffed last November when we held the governatorial election
-Ballot of 135+ candidates for a statewide post (versus some bullshit floated by McClintock about a regional election with multiple candidates that was held 'successfully' with punch card balloting -- I think it was for some board of supervisors???).
-Multiple languages (depending on the district, ballots are available in ~ 6-8 other languages besides English)
-Punch card voting impacts upwards of 44% of the eligible voting population (the disenfranchisement of more than 40,000 eligible voters when the outcome could be potentially decided on a very small plurality was more than the District Court of Appeals wanted to contemplate....)
-Punch card voting was de-certified after the 2002 election (as it was, fingers were crossed that the 2002 election wasn't any closer than it was...had Simon crossed the magic 3% threshold in any of the punchcard counties in CA, there would have been a recount on the order of FL, big time...the State got lucky there last year).

And of course, the two questions that they don't want to have to answer: WHY BE IN SUCH A RUSH TO HOLD THIS ELECTION WHEN WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER 2002? IS THERE ANY ADVANTAGE TO HOLDING THE RECALL NOW?

CA Republicans aren't willing to admit that their horse can run the long distance, and they know that if folks are going to be showing up to vote in March 2003 for the Dem Presidential primary(and that their votes will be counted when they do), Davis will win the recall in a walk.