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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 08:20 PM
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Gov. Schwarzenegger Runs Into Problem Voting In Special Election
Edited on Tue Nov-08-05 08:22 PM by Scooter24
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/5281184/detail.html

Governor Schwarzenegger was surprised at his polling station Tuesday with the news that he had already voted in California's special election.

When Schwarzenegger arrived at his polling place in Brentwood, he was told he would have to submit a provisional ballot. But a quick call to the Los Angeles County Registar-Recorder Office confirmed that he had not voted previously, and he was allowed to vote by normal ballot.

The problem originated last month when officials at early voting sites across the county were asked to enter sample names into voting computers to make sure they were connected to the main election office in Norwalk.

Officials say someone entered Schwarzenegger's name and did not cancel the transaction, making it appear initially that he had voted.

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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 08:23 PM
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1. Good thing he didn't vote in my district
I voted at a school. He'd have had a whole lot of good union people wanting to have a word with him.
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The Traveler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 09:24 PM
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2. Wow. Cool. So these voting systems
are going live with test data and God knows what else in the database. Wow. My confidence in the mechanisms of our democracy is really bolstered by this. :sarcasm: :rofl:
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gardenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 09:30 PM
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6. If it's true, my thoughts exactly.
But I think it's a PR stunt. Either way, something stinks.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 09:24 PM
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3. -robosnip-
"I'm never going to give up because I have the people power," Schwarzenegger told supporters at a retirement community in suburban Sacramento. But in a widely played radio ad, Schwarzenegger nemesis Warren Beatty tells voters: "Don't give him more power."
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 09:29 PM
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5. This would be the perfect opportunity for a Dem hacker.
Bury Arnold just for kicks:kick:
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gardenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 09:29 PM
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4. Something stinks. I think it's a brilliant PR stunt to fool CA voters
into thinking they are on top of the voting machines and potential miscounts.

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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 09:38 PM
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8. Bingo! Just a perfect "easily resolved problem", innit? nm
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Guckert Donating Member (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 09:32 PM
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7. If this happened to you or I, we would have been refused another ballot
But Anuld is special. "Und tings like dat"
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 12:42 AM
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9. Did Ahnold stand in 9 hrs of rain first?
That roid infested glamour puss can retire to his Hitler books.
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