What if they gave a repuke primary and nobody came? It could happen in New Haven!!

[KamaAina]

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/each_gop_vote_will_cost_dearly/

Under state law, New Haven must spend over $25,000 for next month’s Republican presidential primary to hire 128 people to work for 16 hours at 32 polling places—including places where only one lonely Republican has cast a ballot in the past....

In the last Republican presidential primary, in 2008, exactly one Republican voted all day at West Hills’ polling place. At polling stations in the Hill, Fair Haven, Newhallville and West River, between one and five Republicans voted. A total of 898 Republicans voted citywide. The polls were open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m....

Citywide New Haven has only 2,458 registered Republicans, according to figures compiled Thursday. (It has 45,549 registered Democrats, 64,302 voters overall.)...

New Haven GOP Town Chairman Rick Elser offered a solution: Make everyone come downtown to the Hall of Records to vote in a Republican-only primary. And pay for rides for anyone who needs them. That’d probably be a lot cheaper, he noted, than paying all those workers all day in 32 polling places.



If the bus service weren't so crappy after 6 PM, I would never have left.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

1. Hartford doesn't have enough money to

have a Repuke primary


http://articles.courant.com/2012-03-09/community/hc-hartford-registrars-0310-20120309_1_town-committee-election-elections-administrator-registrars

"Salvatore Bramante, the Republican registar for 18 years, had said Wednesday that the city may have to cancel the April 24 Republican presidential primary because it didn't have enough money to hold the vote. On Thursday, the office of the secretary of the state said no registrar can unilaterally cancel an election. "

[Jennicut]

2. I live in the most heavily Republican district in the state, in Litchfield County.

The good news is we keep electing Dems lately, like Chris Murphy and we went for Obama in 2008. CT is becoming extremely blue. In New Haven it does not surprise me in the least.

[KamaAina]

3. Maybe these precincts should encourage the repuke to vote absentee

100 percent turnout. Polls closed, as they are in Dixville Notch after everyone votes at midnight. Problem solved.

[CTyankee]

4. my husband was scheduled to work our polls that day!

We live in the Westville section of New Haven, not exactly a repuke stronghold!

This may be reconsidered...