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You can report what’s going on at your precinct, candidate sightings or anything else about the local elections today under this thread:
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MamaJD on November 03 at 9:09 a.m.
My nieghbor went out of her way to tell me she wasn't voting today because “she didn't know enough” about the candidates. I get the impression that if she would've voted, she would have voted for the challengers. She seemed so apologetic towards me as she wished Mike Kennedy well.
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OrangeTV on November 03 at 9:13 a.m.
I voted at Trinity Lutheran (Precinct 54) this morn and I was the only soul in the place at 8 a.m. They said I was voter number 4. Hope it picks up a bit as the day goes on…
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Sisyphus on November 03 at 9:15 a.m.
Its dead in Boise. Beautiful sunny day. But not a soul in the voting booths.
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Sisyphus on November 03 at 9:16 a.m.
The winners will be the candidates with the best GOTV plan.
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Frum Helen Back on November 03 at 9:19 a.m.
I saw four corners of friendly people with Wilhelm and Larkin signs at Spokane and Seltice this morning at 7:30. And then I saw a Wilhelm car driving around town.
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MamaJD on November 03 at 9:29 a.m.
Phrases I will NOT miss in the post-election let down:
Clean Sweep City Hall
Getting Brannon'd
Connecting the dots
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moscow_minidoka on November 03 at 9:37 a.m.
Made it to the Moscow polls around 8:30. The place was pretty full for a municipal election, I thought. Very good turnout, but I suppose it was the before-work rush. Still, nice to see that many people doing their civic duty.
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Gary Ingram on November 03 at 9:45 a.m.
As the results come in, don't discount the effect on the local elections because of the national disgust with government in general. Throw the bums out!
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nic on November 03 at 9:49 a.m.
Don't worry MamaJD. The openCDA crowd will be “Connecting the dots” for months to come. It's what they do. (file under probable cause)
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Soaf on November 03 at 9:54 a.m.
I'm really curious to see how long it's gonna take the CAVE'rs to scream election fraud and demand an investigation.
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Sisyphus on November 03 at 9:59 a.m.
“As the results come in, don't discount the effect on the local elections because of the national disgust with government in general.”—LOL. yeah, the CdA municipal election is a referendum on Obama and Democrats. Souza much?
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Digger on November 03 at 10:09 a.m.
Moscow Minidoka - we must have seen each other in passing as I was there about the same time you were.
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JIMMYMAC on November 03 at 10:13 a.m.
Living in Hayden is such a let down with these great CDA races.
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OfCoffee on November 03 at 10:24 a.m.
Went to vote this morning on the way to work. It was about 7:40 or so. The very nice lady informed me that the polls were not open until 8:00. I couldn't wait for that so now I have to figure out when to get back there.
So DOTC - what's up with the later poll opening this year?
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Sisyphus on November 03 at 10:28 a.m.
Its always been 8-8, hasn't it?
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MamaJD on November 03 at 10:33 a.m.
Sis - according the the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, the city council race is a referendum on Obama. From their campaign literature: “With Democrats Barrack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid spending billions on massive corporate bailouts, we cannot stand by as liberal Democrats and their allies on our Coeu d'Alene City Council spend millions of our tax dollars on the Lake City Development Corporation … . ”
So glad they have connected the dots between the CdA City Council and the D.C. Liberal Left. Without this literature I would have thought this was just a non-partisan city election.
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Cheri Howell on November 03 at 10:37 a.m.
I was the third person at the 15th Street Fire Station to vote. That was at 8:30. The election workers were debating how slow the turn-out had been. Hopefully, everyone will get out and vote, especially with the jail expansion on the ballot.
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Cindy H on November 03 at 10:56 a.m.
Here in Spokane, voting means putting your ballot in the mailbox. Boring.
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DFO on November 03 at 11:21 a.m.
@ Cindy H; would you prefer to go to the polls, if you had an opportunity to do so?
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Steve Sibulsky on November 03 at 11:26 a.m.
Votor # 50 at 11:00 at Church of God, across from Borah school
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Cindy H on November 03 at 12:13 p.m.
@DFO: My polling place was my neighborhood firehouse. What do you think :-)
Actually, when my boys were young I delighted in taking them to the polls. The three older ones got a good civics lesson and as they grew, they understood the importance of the voting process. Lots of great discussions sprung from those trips to the polls.
It appears to have stuck. My oldest is 19 and out of the house. He got his ballot in before I did :-)
I don't like that fact the my youngest thinks voting is something we do at the kitchen table— though now that I think about it, the kitchen table can be just as good a place to discuss the rights/privileges of voting. No flag stickers, though :-(
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spokelooneh on November 03 at 12:16 p.m.
Well Cindy if you had turned your ballot in downtown today at the STA plaza, you could get one of those “I Voted' stickers…
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Sisyphus on November 03 at 12:26 p.m.
“according the the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, the city council race is a referendum on Obama.” LMAO. I'll bet they're watching every polling booth preparing for teh ACORN hordes coming to rob them of their guns and their democracy. I'm sure they think they're easy to spot unless someone told them about white ACORN members. That'll throw them. They can always go to plan b and watch for cartoon characters or superheros trying to cast a ballot.
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TLPoelstra on November 03 at 12:33 p.m.
Went to the Doctor this morning and spent the first five minutes telling her how to help her daughter vote for the first time. No, I am not getting a discount. :(
By the way, I was the 42nd voter in precinct 42! I made a comment about how weird that was and then spent the next couple of minutes explaining why it was weird. I am now a little nervous about the ability of the poll workers to count the ballots.
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Stickman on November 03 at 12:36 p.m.
I voted at around noon at Sorenson School as I usually do and they expected maybe a 30% turnout today. I sure hope so, as it's a beautiful day and no excuses are warranted. I love getting out and actually going to my polling place, makes the whole thing more important to me in some small way.
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JeanieS on November 03 at 12:46 p.m.
Mechanic Man was just complaining this morning that he would rather go to the polls. In fact, he thinks it is unconstitutional that we in Spokane cannot go to the polls. The drop off near our house is about five miles away - the school where we used to vote is five blocks away. “I can't walk that far to put my ballot in a box - but I could walk the five blocks to vote.” Also - if you don't put your ballot in one of the designated ballot boxes, you can mail it - but you have to put a stamp on it. In essence, those who mail are being taxed to vote.
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ejs on November 03 at 12:56 p.m.
I'm with you Stick, I love going to the polls. Sorry to say that I was the only one there at around 12;30 but they did say there was a small rush just before I got there.
Woodland Middle school
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MamaJD on November 03 at 3:19 p.m.
Sis - another part of the Reagan Repubs website encourages us to “counter the influence of ACORN” with this election. I guess because ACORN really has a strong presence in North Idaho. ;)
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Gary Ingram on November 03 at 4:03 p.m.
I wandered in on a leash and voted at noon. I was number 80 and the precinct next to me had 109. I'm sure it has improved since then. If not, what has all this noise been about?
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