Well, It’s pleasing to have all you folks here on time and all.
Saturday was an interesting day at most polling places. The staff were required to tell you only one party would be voting on Saturday in
And there are the inevitable breakdown of machines. Which delay’s voting – and particularly keeps the polling open beyond the seven PM deadline. Even when new machines are requisitioned there are still delays and unacceptable problems because of the new procedures required which turn out to be delaying. But in the places I observed there was order and general good behavior – with few exceptions.
It seems to happen most of all to people who are not frequent voters – as in not having voted in three or four years. That’s OK *if* you haven’t moved or died. You’d be surprised how many ‘dead’ people vote in general elections in some states. But it’s generally not a problem in
Well… talking about it makes me sleepy because the polls have to open at 7 AM – that means the polling place has to be set up generally no later than 6 AM… And then the place has to be closed at 7PM… and all the take-down process takes time and hope… Hope that the ‘automatic’ machines will produce CORRECT tapes as to the numbers of people who voted – which must be MATCHED (numbers only) with the number of people who signed the voting roster to vote.
Well mistakes do happen and they are a bear to untangle – especially with an inexperienced crew. So we’ll be having more voting later this year… November 6th to be exact. So if you move, or in some other way change your place of ‘registration’ – normally the ONE place you call home – be sure the county registration – or registrar’s – office has new paper-work filled out on you within thirty (30) days of your move, so you are registered or re-registered in your new domicile… (place of living) – you can only have ONE … you can only vote ONCE – but there are cases of being handicapped etc. in which you can have someone help you at curbside and vote legally.
So – enough of all that… let’s pray the system works well and the campaigning and behavior on the hustings will correct and dignified and as rapid as possible.
Aren’t we thankful to live in
Cordially, IN HIM
Jack & Barbara
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“JUST A MINUTE”
YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A TV
Just a Minute: If you don’t care for negative campaigning – you might as well declare a noise-free zone at your house for the next nine days. You didn’t really think Mr. Romney would ‘go quietly into that good night’ did you?
It appears Mitt – who doesn’t like street fighting – is sharpening up what he will need to stay in the race now for some time. Newt, who feels right at home when the verbal swords are clashing, is relishing his role.
What I would have liked to have seen, vanished in hot air; the ‘tumult and the shouting’ I wrote about on Friday may now be softened since something like 30 to 40 percent of the eligible voters have already have already cast their advance ballots.
Less than three percent of the GOP’s convention delegates have now been selected – so there’s still plenty of room for elbowing and sand-throwing.
Might as well turn up the stereo -- select what YOU want to hear.
<>I’m Jack Buttram. (END)
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