Posted on 02/06/2008 9:25:23 AM PST by RDTF
Hundreds of confused Virginians and some Marylanders jumped the gun yesterday, showing up at polls or calling election officials to find out where to cast ballots, even though the presidential primary is next week.
Virginia and Maryland were not among the 24 Super Tuesday states that voted yesterday, but that word apparently did not make it to some voters. Virginia, Maryland and the District vote on the 12th.
More than 700 people called the Virginia State Board of Elections to ask, "Why aren't my polls opened, and where do I go to vote?" said Susan S. Pollard, a spokeswoman for the board. On a typical day, the board fields 150 to 200 calls.
The Fairfax County elections board was getting about five calls an hour yesterday morning from voters asking where they should go vote.
"To receive so many calls asking about Super Tuesday and when do we vote in Virginia is unheard of," Pollard said. "Granted, we have to wait and see, but I think turnout [next Tuesday] will be a bit more than people originally anticipated."
Maryland Election Administrator Linda H. Lamone said that "the phones have been ringing all day" but that she had no way to quantify what percentage of the callers were confused about the primary.
Donna Duncan, director of election management for the Maryland State Board of Elections, said that "it's possible that the overall media coverage of Super Tuesday led some people to think" Maryland was voting.
Yesterday's so-called national primary also confused some voters in Texas. Election officials in San Antonio told reporters they got more than 1,000 calls, even though Texas's primary is March 4.
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And they let these people choose a president.
Why do I think the majority of them were Dem voters?
GMTA...
Just betting they’re all Rats.
Thus the elections of Tim Kaine and Jim Webb are finally explained...
Anyone can vote. No testing required.
Because they are well informed and familiar with the electoral process. They keep up with the issues that would include election news and information. < /sarcasm >
Give me a break! I live in Virginia and there is no way I ever thought we would be voting yesterday.
No wonder the Dems need super delegates because these folks don’t know what they are doing and the Dems know that.
Well, yeah, we got in trouble for that testing thing a few decades back...
They should be disqualified out of general principals.
Probably illegals. They’re antsy!
Floriduh has them all beat. We had our primary over a week ago and hundreds of our finest voters showed up yesterday to vote (again).
OUCH!
Vote early, vote often.
I believe the reason the Democrats have so many first time voters in the primary who never return for the Fall election is they think “Didn’t I already vote on this???”
The standards have dropped. Now you don’t even have to be a citizen and you can show up at the poll on election day and demand your “rights”.
When they were told (1) it wasn't a primary, so no "election" as normally understood and that (2) this precinct is for GOP only...they were apoplectically ANGRY.
Turns out a Dem councilwoman had told them to report to the school...
Second time that's happend in four years, yet no one is going after this woman's dirty tricks, that really are offending her own supporters...
“Why do I think the majority of them were Dem voters?”
Fairfax county, VA and Maryland. All you need to know.
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