In Texas, S-H-E-L-L-E-Y S-E-K-U-L-A G-I-B-B-S has a real chance to win.

National Review Online ^ | November 3, 2006 | Byron York

[Stat-boy]

I may be too emotionally involved here, but I am optimistic about this race.

[Echo Talon]

who?

[Darkwolf377]

The fact that we believe we can pull out a win is our best weapon--the Dems are too confident. Just as in 2004, we're too scared of the possible, even likely outcome to not vote.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Three votes from my house...or would that be six? ;^)

[JFC]

Can West Texas vote?????

Count my house as 2 or 4 which ever way you look at it.

[tsmith130]

To vote for Sekula-Gibbs, they will be required to select S-H-E-L-L-E-Y-SPACE-S-E-K-U-L-A-SPACE-G-I-B-B-S, pressing “Enter” after each letter or space.

Couldn't they make it a little more difficult. What's the average age in this district? This method could present a slight problem for older voters.

[lormand]

"Can West Texas vote????? "

Silly Republican!

You have to be dead, or Democrat.

[catholicfreeper]

LOL, I can't imagine what time the voting will actually ends there. If you are in line you get to vote. Talk about tempers rising. What were the absentee in this district. That might be a good sign

[Dog Gone]

I'd love to vote for her, but I was gerrymandered into Ron Paul's district this time.

I held my nose and voted for him, but I wish I were still in the 22nd.

[Sans-Culotte]

My wife caught some blurb on the local news about Shelley showing up at some polling places, saying it is illegal for a candidate to go into a polling place, etc.

I cannot find anything about this on the net. Did Shelley commit some sort of major faux pas?

[tobyhill]

"A vote on an office or measure shall be counted if the voter’s intent is clearly ascertainable…”

Does SS Gibbs work?

[Dog Gone]

LOL, I can't imagine what time the voting will actually ends there. If you are in line you get to vote. Talk about tempers rising. What were the absentee in this district. That might be a good sign

My wife has been in the early voting line down the street for the past hour. She's still there. Unbelievable.

[TWfromTEXAS]

the tie-breaking vote goes to the county clerk, who is an elected Republican in Harris County.”

and in Ft Bend County (Sugar Land) too.

[shield]

If I was still living in that district...and wasn't sure of the spelling...I'd write in S S-Gibbs...easy enough. No one would think my intent was anything other than Shelley Sekula-Gibbs.

A question was ask by a reporter to a republican after Bushes visit on Oct 30th...if the write in would be a problem...he said OH COME ON WE'RE REPUBLICANS...we know what we're doing. ;o)

[Cicero]

It's not surprising. Obviously each person going into the voting booth is going to require quite a lot of time to read the instructions, vote in two places, and work the machine to spell out "S-H-E-L-L-E-Y-SPACE-S-E-K-U-L-A-SPACE-G-I-B-B-S, pressing “Enter” after each letter or space."

Since people will worry about a ballot being thrown out if there is the smallest misspelling, the whole business will take a LOT of time.

Has anyone tried to enter their name into a FAX machine so it shows up when you send out a fax? It ain't easy, and it ain't quick.

[shield]

Not really...thanks to the poll workers...they're there to help anyone and are all over this.

[MMcC]

You have to stay back a certain distance from a polling place to campaign. When I voted on Tuesday, there were clearly marked signs that said "no campaigning beyond this point"

There were plenty of campaign signs near the entrance to the parking lot however. I'm sure a candidate could stand there or even work the parking lot if they wanted as long as they stayed beyond the marked limit.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Whine, whine, whine. I got moved from at least a sane Democrat (Cuellar) to the district of Lloyd Doggett.

[unspun]

Couldn't they come up with someone named Jane Jones?

[bigjoesaddle]

Texas law says only that “A vote on an office or measure shall be counted if the voter’s intent is clearly ascertainable"…What that will mean in practice is not entirely clear. It seems likely that obvious misspellings of Sekula-Gibbs’s name will count, as will short versions like “S GIBBS.” On the other hand, in a close contest, Republicans and Democrats might end up fighting over every vote

Well...we can see this s*it comming a mile away.