Here are some election stats for KC. For the '08 General there were a total of 63,034 ballots cast vs. 55,704 in the last '04 Presidential Election. That's an increase of over 7,300 votes or about 13%. I wonder how that compares with the rate of population growth in the last four years? In '04 Bush got 66.4% of the vote in KC vs. 32.3% for Kerry. In'08 it was 61.4% for McCain and 35.4% for Obama. Our rate of absentee voting in '04 was about 29%, a record at the time. This year it was an astounding 35.4% or over 22,000 absentee ballots/Dan of the County.

DFO: Yo, Merry Hucksters, please join me in giving Dan of the County and his amazing staff a monster hat tip for processing a record amount of ballots in smooth fashion. HBO Central didn't field a single complaint re: the way precincts were handled. And we had all the election results around midnight. Now, if DOTC could only send a staffer or two to Bonner County ...

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