Louisiana hopefuls' day arrives - Parties to monitor turnout today in tight runoff for Senate seat

Associated Press ^ | December 7, 2002 | Associated Press Staff

[CaliforniaOkie]

Cajun girl,
What is the time difference beween LA and CA?

[Brices Crossroads]

Thanks, deport. I feel good about it, but am nervous over the turnout. Hopefully it will be light in Orlens Parish or if it is heavy it will be balanced by heavier turnout in Jefferson and St. Tammany. I will keep you and the rest posted on anything I happen to hear.

[rwfromkansas]

conservative district?

[rwfromkansas]

Several reports from Orleans on another thread indicate at least some portions of the parish are having a light turnout.

[cajun-jack]

very conservative.....i think we are in the money (no dem pun intended) here

[Brices Crossroads]

That's good news....but the Demos tend to vote late down here...when they see how many votes they need (to manufacture) LOL. Here's hoping it is too cold tonight to draw very many to the polls. I feel like the biblical figure waiting for the sun to set. Set, sun, set!!!

[Brices Crossroads]

That's great news. That wouldn't have been Rummel, would it? I am worried about the Jefferson Parish turnout.

[rwfromkansas]

I had a feeling that might be the case.......we have got to keep a steady stream of good white turnout it looks like. If the whites stop voting in the afternoon and the blacks start, we could be in trouble.

[Mudbug]

2 hours difference

[Mudbug]

Several reports from Orleans on another thread indicate at least some portions of the parish are having a light turnout.

It's a beautiful day here in NO, if a bit chilly. I voted around noon and was the 102nd voter. When I voted before work in November, I was the 46th. It's hard to compare a Tuesday and Saturday election because so many people vote after work on a Tuesday, and might be voting earlier on a Saturday but, unfortunately, it seems higher today.

My precinct is about 14% registered Republican, 69% Dem and 17% other. In Nov, the turnout was about 48% overall for this precinct. At noon, they already had close to 25% turnout. I hope this only means we have early birds in my precinct and not that the overall NO turnout will be higher.

[WFTR]

I voted in Gonzales around 1:00 pm this afternoon. Turnout was brisk, but the line wasn't bad. I saw one other car in the parking lot with a Terrell bumper sticker and none for Landrieu.

I still had three signs in my garage, so I put them at the precinct. I had put another one up on Thursday night and moved a second one from behind a Landrieu sign where an idiot Landrieu type had hid it. I put it back in front of the Landrieu sign. I wouldn't do that normally, but I will do it if it is done first to my sign.

The Landrieu people have been active in posting yard signs around this area. I passed about 30 or 40 along the road to the precinct. There was only one sign for Mrs. Terrell along that stretch of road. Some group has put out signs that say "One Nation Under God" and then "Please Vote PRO-LIFE." I was surprised that the Terrell campaign didn't make a greater effort to match the Landrieu campaign in putting up signs. I called the campaign yesterday asking whether there was anything that I could do, and I would have been happy to participate in a last-minute sign blitz. No one ever returned my call, so I'm guessing that they don't think that signs will be effective.

WFTR
Bill

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the info. See post #14 with the link for returns.

What time do the polls close in Louisiana? Seven p.m.?.....

Hmm? I just remembered - I'll be away from the TV and computer after 5:30 or so, and for a while. Guess I'll hafta catch up to it later on this evening.....

[WFTR]

I think that the polls close at 8:00 pm, but it might be 7:00. I hope that the returns are very slow tonight and that everyone holds their totals until Orleans Parish reports its votes. If Orleans Parish is still out when the others have reported, the Democrats will steal the election through fraud.

[dalebert]

maybe republicans should stop them

[RodgerD]

No kidding. We don't need another South Dakota made-to-order, last-minute burst of Democrat fraud.

[marajade]

8 pm et

[MeekOneGOP]

I thought that they didn't report till ALL the polls closed in the state? I'm probably wrong, but if Election 2000 taught us anything, THAT should be one thing!

[Brices Crossroads]

The temperature is dropping fast as of 5:15 P.M. and has been dropping since about 4 P.M. This is going to severely depress any late demo GOTV plans in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans where the 1996 election was stolen.

[deport]

Well it sounds better as the day has progressed.... I think we'll know the results of this one fairly quickly as it's only one race to tabulate except in the 5th CD. So all should go quickly..... Once statewide results begin to show it won't take long to get a trend....

[WFTR]

I wasn't talking about the TV reports. You are correct that they can't report anything until the polls close. I was saying that when the local election boards start counting votes, they will report to the state. Those are the totals that keep changing through the night of coverage. If the Orleans Parish holds its totals until other parishes have reported, it can fraudulently modify the final results in order to give the election to Landrieu.