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FullCountNotRecount Donating Member (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:17 PM
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I knew early voting by absentee might backfire...
They were able to do a Florida Projection earlier based on the Bush voters voting the day of the election. I was shocked when they called Florida earlier than Ohio.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:19 PM
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1. Why would Pubs have advised their folks to vote absentee?
We all saw the letter that was sent out to all the Pubs voters to vote absentee. It seemed as they were as afraid of the BBV as we were.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:21 PM
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5. Rope a dope. The Dems were talking about absentee voting long
before that adviso went out. If it ever really did. Another thing about absentee voting I tried to caution against is, it's just too easy for those votes to be discarded.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:19 PM
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2. i thought it might too, but..... we have to be able to do this
and it not backfire. we have to figure it out.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:19 PM
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3. Me too. Since they only count absentees when the margin is
less than the absentees it just didn't make sense to me. You would have to believe the repuke SOSs would actually count absentees in a speedy and efficient manner.
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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:20 PM
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4. What is the time line for absentee ballot counting in Florida?
When and if are the absentee ballots counted? I switched many voters in California to absentee just because I was instructed to by the Campaign, but I am starting to wonder if it was fruitful.
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Ardee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:29 PM
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6. Fact and fiction
Absentee ballots are counted, but after the results of direct voting, sometimes days after.It is against federal law not to count all ballots. Not that this would stop an illegal and immoral administration from ordering such action.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:33 PM
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7. I'm Sure Florida Counted the Absentees Before they decided whether or not
to count them.
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:00 PM
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8. My county
The early voters went for Kerry 60%. The unofficial total tally was B*sh 52% Kerry 48%.

The vote flipped from the early voting. No one here can make any sense of that. My idea is that the programming was not set to begin delivering votes to B*sh until Nov 2.

Everyone: Get a copy of your county's breakdown of early/absentee and compare it to the final tally.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:01 PM
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9. It didn't backfire.
They embezzeled the election with electronic vote-munching machines. Visit www.blackboxvoting.org.

NGU.


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