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ananda

(28,868 posts)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 07:59 AM Mar 2014

Heads up for Texas voters: polls open today at 11:00 am and ...

... will probably close later, at 8 or 9 pm.

I'm clerking at a central Austin precinct, and we don't have to be
there to set up the equipment until 10 am.

Wish us luck and a high turnout!

I already voted for Wendy Davis and Leticia Van de Putte by mail.
I hope they win the general!

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hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
1. good to know
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 08:14 AM
Mar 2014

I plan on getting there when they open. digging out my "I AM AN ENEMY OF THE STATE" button to wear now.

ananda

(28,868 posts)
3. Good for you! I wish I could wear buttons or symbols ...
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 08:18 AM
Mar 2014

... but it's not allowed for pollworkers. We have to be completely
neutral.

I would really like to wear my Wikileaks scarf though.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
6. Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps by Greg Palast
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 08:33 AM
Mar 2014

In this book he recommends that you cast your ballot personally because they have the control on absent ballots and it makes it easier for them to cheat. I am not saying that it will happen to your vote, but after reading the book I am just extra careful.

Good luck.

DFW

(54,414 posts)
8. I sent in my ballot already, too.
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 09:30 AM
Mar 2014

My Dallas precinct has been good about getting my absentee ballots to me overseas.

My vote for Wendy has gone off as well!

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
10. Tea is outing themselves in their extremism against each other, during TV ads, in
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:24 AM
Mar 2014

order to win the GOP primary. These campaign ads are reaching many people. This is a good start for November.

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
11. Thank God for early voting....
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:28 AM
Mar 2014

I did the deed on Saturday a week ago. I vote for Wendy and Leticia

After looking at all the GOP candidates, I am surprised they didn't leave the voting booth without a bag of . I have never seen so many clowns. Anywhere else an endorsement from Ted Cruz would be a kiss of death, but one guy features him in an ad. And Coryn is so out of it he think Benghazi really matters to Texans (he has not really had to campaign for his seat in years). And if you looked at the commercials, you would think illegals and drug runners were crossing the border and Obama was holding up the barb wire for them.

I love watching the GOP out Teabag each other. It is Democratic porn

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