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[BigEdLB]

Dem votes suppressed Gop up. In Nyc. Staten island (GOP) out voting Brooklyn except in Orthodox/Hassidic Jrewish precinct’s

[Tadhg]

The best place for election news coverage ...and good humor.. and hopefully a great celebration - Free Republic Election Thread.

[matt04]

I voted around 11 this morning in North Central Connecticut. It was steady maybe one or two people in front of you and one or two people behind. Was in and out in about 5 to 7 minutes.

I spoke with a couple of the Republicans outside greeting voters from the local races or volunteers from more of the statewide races. Some of them had been there since polls open in the morning and not a single Democrat candidate or volunteer for them, even a local race, had appeared to greet voters all day.

[Truthsearcher]

Just voted in Texas.

I really like our new voting system. They gave me a piece of ballot paper. I insert it into the voting machine, make my choices, and the machine prints and spits out all my votes onto the ballot.
I verify the printed choices is correct, then go to the scanning machine, insert it against into the scanning machine which then scans and records the vote, the actual ballot is also stored inside the machine for later auditing if necessary.
No scanning errors because the ballots are printed by machines, no doubts about what votes the machines recorded, and a physical ballot that can later be audited.

[CarolinaReaganFan]

rural upstate SC
average turnout with no close statewide races expected
I wrote in Herschel Walker rather than voting for RINO snake Tim Scott.

[Karoo]

Voted this morning in my small precinct. I was #60 voter.

Got robocall from Pres Trump last night

[Alas Babylon!]

Voted at 9:00 AM CST in my sleepy Southern Alabama town.

I was the 193rd ballot. Pretty dang good for my little town!

Hope to see record numbers, even though every Republican on the ballot will win handsomely in Alabama.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Well, I just went to vote in my precinct in south Lakeland, FL. Line was about a hundred people deep. Been voting here for over 30 years and have never seen anything like it! If I were to hazard a guess, the vast majority are out supporting DeSantis and other Republicans. I’ll come back in a couple of hours.

[conservative98]

The day is here! Please vote and do all you can to get others to vote! God bless!— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 8, 2022

[floralamiss]

People, we have to OUTVOTE THE STEAL!

The great mood in the War Room really changed this morning to a sobered caution, and Charlie Kirk opened with the same warnings.

The Republican turnout in some areas of the country, especially in Maricopa County, AZ, are too low to combat the machine irregularities, which are already popping-up and mounting.

Wherever you are in the U.S., if you haven’t voted yet, get out there and do it! Make sure the tabulator counts your vote. If it spits it out, you must get another ballot and run it through again. DO NOT put it in a box “for later counting”. It won’t be counted.

HOLD THE LINE!

[teeman8r]

can report that Maryland will land solidly in the leftists corner.

sorry nation. we suck

[themidnightskulker]

#1352 ballot. #215 In person ballot @ 11:00 no line, but all stations occupied. Things moving smoothly in my Central Michigan small town. (approx 5000 people)

[Reno89519]

I just voted here in Reno. Took about an hour, only issue I saw was that a disqualified candidate were still on the ballot and the signs that were reportedly going to be up to notify people, were missing.

[Maine Mariner]

Report from Ward 4 Ellsworth Maine,

I worked as an election clerk from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm EST.
The polls are open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. About sixty people were in line to vote at 8:00 and voting was steady to sometimes heavy during the 4 1/2 hours. We have paper ballots that are run throught the machine. The absentee ballots were triple the usual amount for a midterm election.

Just before the polls, the warden (person in charge of all workers), one Republican (me) and one Democratic opened the machine and confirmed there were no ballots anywhere in the maching (there were none). After the polls close, the warden and two election clerks remove all the ballots.
The warden and the election clerks then check the tally of ballots cast with the amount on the print out from the machine. Total ballots received by the ward are compared to ballots counted, spoiled ballots, and left over ballots.
All the ballots are placed in locked boxes and sent to the secretary of state in Augusta.

[PghBaldy]

My polling place had paper ballots (normally has touch screen machines). Not sure if I missed news on this or what. We had to then scan them through a machine.

[Political Junkie Too]

I don't understand why technology improvements aren't making the casting and tabulating of ballots faster and more secure. There is no excuse for elections that take days to count.

How come credit card companies like Visa, MasterCard, and American Express can process a combined 100 million transactions a day, but our states can't process a few thousands of ballots? Something has to change.

Why can't we combine the best technologies to make a seamless voting system that can count the votes instantaneously?

I suggest that the following technologies be used to make a more secure voting procedure:

1. Use rewritable credit cards to record each person's vote.
   • Hotels can program cards like this to open selected room doors right at the front desk. Why can't ballots be recorded on the chip or magnetic strip in the same way?
2. When a voter checks in at the front desk, give them a credit card/room key type ballot that they insert into a voting machine.
   • The registrar will have the voter sign the voting roll.
   • A credit card/room key will be programmed to that voter (instead of handing them a paper with their voter code) and handed to the voter.
   • The voter goes to a voting booth/machine and inserts the card into the voting machine. The ballot for that voter will then appear on the screen.
   • The voter makes his choices and presses "submit vote." The machine records the vote onto the card and the voter retrieves the card.
3. The voter walks over to a tabulating machine. This machine can be similar to credit card point-of-sale registers that we see all across the world. The voter inserts his card into the machine.
   • The machine reads the card and displays the ballot on the screen. The voter is prompted to confirm the ballot.
   • The machine then counts the vote and sends the transaction to the main transaction server, just like with credit card transactions.
   • The machine keeps the card for reuse just like how ATMs keep cards that are deemed to be stolen or fraudulent.
   • The card is wiped after the vote is transmitted and an acknowledgement is received.
   • Periodically throughout the day, an election worker will retrieve the wiped cards from the tabulation machine and bring them back up to the front desk for resuse.

Why can't a voting procedure like this work? Why can our credit card and hotel companies process billions of transactions this way, but we can't leverage that technology to improve the voting booth?

-PJ

[Life_Liberty_Property_1776]

Any recommendations for websites that will have a good summary of results?

[Clemenza]

Voter early last Wednesday in NJ-8. Little Bobby Menendez is unfortunately safe as my new Congresscritter (any congressional district centered on Jersey City hasn’t elected a Republican in over a century). Nevertheless we have a contested school board election with the union-endorsed slate having a credible challenge from a reform slate centered on greater transparency and choice.

We are also selecting our Sheriff (who oversees security at the courts and for all county offices - but not for us plebes who are subject to our city police) as well as our County Clerk (who assures that my grandfather remains a vote for the Dems even though he has been dead for 29 years).

[cowboyusa]

Dom Giardono just said huge turnout in Bucks County.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) — A county in New Jersey is experiencing issues with its voting machines. All machines in each district in Mercer County are down due to a printing and scanning issue with the ballots.

It’s important to emphasize that voters in Mercer County can still vote. The Mercer County clerk says there’s a problem with Dominion Voting Systems’ scanners not reading the ballot.

A Dominion spokesperson says they believe the problem is with the printed ballots and not its technology.

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/voters-can-still-cast-ballots-in-mercer-county-despite-issues/