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koganbotVirtually no line, but the place was packed with voters. This was because Colorado has gone to paper ballots, which on the voting end makes things vastly more efficient. They give you a ballot, find a seat for you (it took 15 seconds for one to open up) at one of the many long tables, and you fill out the endless ballot (scads of referenda and judges to be voted on).
Over half of Colorado had already voted in advance, however; about 7,000 more Dems than Repubs, according to the radio (didn't mention independents), which isn't a big difference.
I didn't see any poll workers for candidates, though they may have been there. When I walked in, a fellow standing near me was being advised by an election official as to what to do, since his name wasn't on the list. The fellow thought that, since he's moved around a lot, he might be listed in some other precinct, and the election official was giving him advice on how to find out. Of course, the fellow could have been one of the people whose names had been purged. I hope he's persistent. Provisional ballot is a last resort, and I hope he tries other options first.
Over half of Colorado had already voted in advance, however; about 7,000 more Dems than Repubs, according to the radio (didn't mention independents), which isn't a big difference.
I didn't see any poll workers for candidates, though they may have been there. When I walked in, a fellow standing near me was being advised by an election official as to what to do, since his name wasn't on the list. The fellow thought that, since he's moved around a lot, he might be listed in some other precinct, and the election official was giving him advice on how to find out. Of course, the fellow could have been one of the people whose names had been purged. I hope he's persistent. Provisional ballot is a last resort, and I hope he tries other options first.
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Date: 2008-11-04 05:44 pm (UTC)i have to say if there's one thing that causes UK observers to go "WTF!" in respect of US politics, it is the concept of the networks "calling it" -- obviously our TV political coverage does a bit of early prognostication also (there's a lot of time to fill with stupid vamping) and is often wildly wrong, but no one takes the slightest notice of this
"The decision desk analysts": everything depends on how high up the authority totempole these guys are (probably varies a little from newsroom to newsroom) --- jumping too soon is a disaster, but being badly second is a catastrophe --- and they self-evidently have NO sway on non-election days, in regard to how the networks deal with polls