Comments on: Highest turnout in past 5 gubernatorial votes

By: RR, Uninvited Columnist

RR, Uninvited Columnist — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:57:11 +0000

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By: Josh Richman

Josh Richman — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:32:45 +0000

Link removed; thanks for the catch, Elwood.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:28:43 +0000

Warning Re: #10

The link leads to graphic pornography.

By: Constitution party

Constitution party — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:42:08 +0000

Xenophobe Chelene Nightingale who ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor, has some explaining to do. We were sent a shocking photo of her. from “———–.com” she is on the left hand side red hair. (now we know why she hid her past.) Disgusting how she lied to her supporters. a person with this in her past should refrain from seeking any office other than that of a “therapist” she needs some help.

By: Common Tater

Common Tater — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:49:05 +0000

Wow, what a turnout. The unions must have really been panicked. They were sure that the evil Republicans would take some of their money. Now it looks like the evil dems will do it instead. (Check the CC Times)

By: John W

John W — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 05:21:47 +0000

Ralph Hoffman, don’t spend it all at once! Kudos to you and the others who sign up for this duty.

By: steve weir

steve weir — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:43:51 +0000

Ralph, we don’t have to issue a 1099 if the yearly reimbursement is less than $1,000. It is considered a stipend.

We are only as strong as the citizens who step up to perform this 16 hour function. Thanks for your service. (The number approaches 20 if you do the training.)

There are observers who are complaining about poll workers not checking third party delivery of vote by mail ballots. We had just under 100 vote by mail ballots delivered to each poll site. In addition, we had over 350 voters per precinct. These numbers tell me that our poll workers were busy.

(Ralph, please don’t do the hourly rate calculation. If one does so, and calculates travel time, you are working for sub-minimum wage. I know that that is not the motivation in most cases.)

By: ralph hoffmann

ralph hoffmann — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:32:24 +0000

I got my paycheck today; $80 Salary for Clerking 16 hrs. including travel, and $20 for a 2 hour training course. (I believe it’s exempt from income tax.) I recommend this job for anyone who wants to work and observe the main right of citizenship.

By: steve weir

steve weir — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:27:06 +0000

I watched most of the challenges where signatures did not match the voters signature on their voter registration card. When there was a no match, we would look to see the age of the voter. This is not scientific, just my impression. As part of my post election analysis, we’ll look at some factors to see if we can make a generalization and perhaps, design an education program. However, I have no doubt that some people sign others’ vote by mail envelope and those rejections are the way the system is supposed to operate.

By: John W

John W — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:21:33 +0000

Steve Weir,

Assuming VBM keeps growing, perhaps we need some means of verification other than signatures, although I’m not sure what that would be.

When you say the no match spike belongs to the 18-35 crowd, what are we talking about? Signatures obviously belonging to someone other than the person registered, attempted forgery, sloppiness or what?

Although I’m 60ish and a member of the quivering hand club, my signature seems to gone through it’s most drastic change in my mid-twenties. From the juvenile cursive on my SS card at 14 and still with me when I graduated from college to a completely different, grotesque chicken-scratch by the time I got out of the Army a couple of years later. No, it wasn’t PTSD. I was as far from ‘Nam as you could possibly get.