Posted on 10/30/2012 6:56:50 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
Elections officials across the Northeast scrambled Tuesday to figure out how to proceed with voting next week given widespread flooding, damaged roads and power outages.
With Election Day one week away, New York officials said they might have to change some polling sites. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy postponed a voter-registration deadline to Thursday from Tuesday. Maryland officials were considering the use of paper ballots if some of the state's electronic voting machines are unusable.
But many state leaders said it was tough to make decisions about polling places and hours until the extent of the damage becomes clearer.
"My concern is people won't be able to get to polling places if roads are blocked," said Peggy Reeves, Connecticut's director of elections. "The election has to go on, and we have to figure out a way to do it."
John Conklin, a spokesman for the New York State Board of Elections, said local boards were still figuring out which poll sites might lack power, be inaccessible or structurally unsound. Once that is done, Mr. Conklin said, alternate polling stations could be set up if necessary.
One possible adjustment is to consolidate polling places. That, in turn, could lead to longer lines, given the high turnout expected.
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“Its all Romney’s fault!”
thats ok...Christie will help Obama handle it..
What Democrats only get one vote? LOL!!!
Exactly
Maybe this Judas will bus in
All the Obama bots on the FEMA money !!
Isn’t Christie Just a vile Judas !
wsj.com?
The same wsj.com that has apparently lost the Benghazi story? One mention in the past four days?
That wsj.com?
Ahhhh, let the election confusion begin! Will chaos and screams of voter ‘suppression’ due to the storm ensue as a result? No matter who wins, will the opposition let it slide? Or, to what extremes will it be taken...especially if Obama looses?
Yesterday, God early voted in NY.
read in AM
read in AM
There’s going to be a lot of opportunity to find “lost” bags of paper ballots in trunks or hallways.
Hey NY... quick, buy all of the purple ink you can get your hands on.
Which type of voting is more fraught with fraud: paper or electronic?
Where did Maryland ever PUT these machines that they got ruined in a stiff breeze with a little rain? Or do they expect PEPCO won't have the juice? They can't need that big a generator can they?
Less chance of fraud with paper ballots. IMHO
Since all the rich limosine liberals left town for their snowbird homes in Florida, they will only be able to vote once in November...
Since all the rich limosine liberals left town for their snowbird homes in Florida, they will only be able to vote once in November...
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