Nobody Puts Sweetie In a Corner!
Terri Whitehouse May 20th, 2008
I hope you stocked up on booze yesterday, because you’re SOL until after the polling places close. Something tells me that you won’t *really* have to worry about stocking up until the general elections in November, though.
Check out the ballots where you live here, and double-check your polling location here.
For Jefferson County voters, ballots for individual precincts can be found here. The Courier-Journal provides profiles for down-ticket candidates here, and Metro Council candidates answered questions here.
Per the State Board of Elections, if you’re in line by 6:00 P.M., you can vote. You must be known to the precinct officer or provide identification. Acceptable forms of I.D. are driver’s license, Social Security card, credit card, or other I.D. that has your picture and signature. The Voter Fraud Hotline number is (800) 328-8683.
For some leisurely reading, check out this new post at Crooks & Liars. It reports on the fallacy of “voter fraud” and the wastefulness of Republicans who wish to suppress the franchise at taxpayer expense.
Consider this an open thread for today’s election. If you have any anecdotes to share, local information, profiles for other candidates throughout the state, etc., please do so in the comments section. Keep it above the belt!
As predicted:
Kentucky continued a recent trend in Democratic primaries with voters overwhelmingly picking the economy when given three choices for the most important issue facing the country. About two-thirds of Democratic voters in Kentucky said the economy was the top issue, about 20 percent picked the Iraq war and half as many said health care.
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Clinton tended to run better in both states among older voters, those with lower income and less education, and those in rural areas, while Obama strengths included the young, urban, wealthier and better educated voters.
only 37% of the registered Dem’s voted! will they pay for this
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/20/215534/647/355/519326
Tue May 20, 2008 at 07:03:10 PM PDT
From an Obama campaign email:
Friend –
The polls are closed in Kentucky and votes are being counted in Oregon, and it’s clear that tonight we have reached a major milestone on this journey.
We have won an absolute majority of all the delegates chosen by the people in this Democratic primary process [...]
And that’s without Oregon, which should further pad the margin for whatever gets decided regarding Florida and Michigan.
It was weird to see “exit poll” forms just sitting on a table so that if you wanted to fill one out you could, but there was nobody there to monitor the large stack and the box for the completed forms.
Across the top it said the results were sent to the “election pool” and it had the symbols for CNN, ABC, and Fox amongst others at the top.
No wonder exit polls are soooooo worthless.
That’s odd, Herodotus, but can’t say I disagree with your last statement based on your first two. There was a woman conducting the exit polls at my voting location. I made a big production about avoiding her going in so she didn’t bother me when I left.
Hillary’s overwhelming victory just proves what I have been saying for years. Kentucky is rife with unrepentant, dyed-in-the-wool feminists. It’s the way they’ve been brought up. We must labor to overcome this stereotype or men will never have a chance in politics here. Shatter the glass codpiece!!!
(That smell last night? Burning bras.)
Ha! Thanks, Brian. I needed that. Love it!