5 things to watch in the first primary of 2018

[workinclasszero]

5 things to watch in the first primary of 2018
Early voting numbers in Texas suggest surging Democratic enthusiasm.
By STEVEN SHEPARD and ELENA SCHNEIDER 03/06/2018 05:00 AM EST Updated 03/06/2018 10:07 AM EST

The road to the House majority begins Tuesday in Texas, where Democrats must cull crowded candidate fields in the first primary election of 2018.

Early voting numbers suggest high levels of enthusiasm on the left, particularly in historically Republican, suburban districts around Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

But the party needs nominees who are well-suited to take on longtime GOP incumbents in these places in what will be the first test of House Democrats’ strategy to negotiate crowded party primaries.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has already tried to scuttle a candidate it views as a weaker general-election prospect in a Houston-area district. But that candidate, activist Laura Moser, could advance on Tuesday despite the committee’s involvement.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/06/texas-primary-midterms-democrats-republicans-437564

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Watch EXIT polls, compare them to actual counted votes.

[workinclasszero]

2. This is exciting...2018...the year democrats take back America!!!

Ill be at work when the results come in. I hope you folks keep us informed as to exit polls and voting results.

I can read DU at work but not comment.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. I am very interested to see what vote counting oddities there are.

I guess reports will start coming in at what time?

When do polls close in Texas? 7pm

So if I am in New York then 7 pm, long time away. Depending on where you are of course.

[workinclasszero]

4. Right, 7pm is what it usually is.

What that is on the east coast I'm not sure.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Yeah, it is 7pm, I looked it up after I asked it.

I wish we had a system where each voter brought out a receipt that had the people they voted for printed on it in code and the RECEIPTS are counted as a back up to the counting in the precinct.

But that also wont help if the people working in that section are also KGB or FSB agents or just rank and file republicans who by their nature, cheat.

[workinclasszero]

6. I hope there are no abnormalities tonight

But with russian agents/republicans involved there is a high possibility of shenanigans no doubt.