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Where you vote affects how you vote - The location of the polls could sway an election.
Nature News ^ | 23 June 2008 | Heidi Ledford

Posted on 06/24/2008 10:25:19 AM PDT by neverdem

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To: Marie2
And if the location of your polling place makes you change your mind, you probably should not be voting, anyway.

Does this professor think we are all just "sponges," malleable pieces of tissue that are influenced by any stray input? Are there any Freepers that show up to a polling booth, undecided on whom or what they'll vote on, until a random coin toss decides it for them?

Under this logic, there are people that leave their homes in anticipation of voting, but get distracted along the way and end up in bars and pubs.

21 posted on 06/24/2008 11:51:00 AM PDT by Lou L
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To: neverdem
I vote in a neighbor's garage.

-PJ

22 posted on 06/24/2008 11:53:24 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
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To: RockinRight
I was assigned to a Department of Public Works building for a 2004 polling place. The union posters lining the paths to the voting booths weren't exactly neutral, as some voters were quick to point out. But I also noticed those posters inspired some angry voters to go home and drag their friends and family into voting for this kind of chicanery, so I decided not to file a protest with the judge of elections.
23 posted on 06/24/2008 11:56:40 AM PDT by Vigilanteman ((Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud))
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To: neverdem
“I was thinking about the election and how Bush was highly affiliated with religion,” says Wheeler, “and it occurred to me that this church couldn’t possibly be a neutral location. This has to be affecting people’s thoughts.”

Moonbat can't think for himself. How sad and true.

Maybe he would feel more comfortable voting at a union hall with big gorillas watching his every move...

FMCDH(BITS)

24 posted on 06/24/2008 12:28:26 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: Marie2
I’d vote the same way whether at the Communist Party Headquarters or my own church basement.

Me, too. I voted for Reagan in 1984 at a Unitarian "church."

25 posted on 06/24/2008 12:30:15 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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See post 24

FMCDH(BITS)

26 posted on 06/24/2008 12:30:22 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: subterfuge
“and it occurred to me that this church couldn’t possibly be a neutral location.
It occurs to me that possibly nowhere is there a neutral location.

27 posted on 06/24/2008 12:54:47 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The conceit of journalistic objectivity is profoundly subversive of democratic principle.)
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