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tpsbmam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 07:09 AM
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N.C. voter registration smashing records
Edited on Wed Oct-01-08 07:11 AM by tpsbmam
Source: Charlotte Observer

Of 603,000 new voters, 48% are Democrats, 21% are Republicans, nearly a third are independents.

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Spurred by heavy registration in big urban counties – particularly among young voters and African Americans – N.C. voter rolls have swollen by more than 600,000 this year to a record 6 million.
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African Americans, who make up about 22 percent of the state's population, account for more than 30 percent of new voters.

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Nearly 210,000 new voters are 18 to 24. Only one in five registered Republican.

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/politics/story/224403.html
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 07:11 AM
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1. and our own DUers have helped a lot
I know a few who do voter regs a lot
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tpsbmam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 07:13 AM
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2. I've done them in Asheville.....
100% Dem registrations! Not unexpected in Asheville but these are voters who hadn't gotten around to registering yet (or reregistering after moving). The early voting system makes it so easy here -- they all got information on early voting so hopefully they'll get out to vote! With our early voting system, there's no excuse.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 10:56 AM
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23. Hooray for my home town!
I miss you guys.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 07:22 AM
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3. I sure wish some had voted in 2000 or 2004.....nt
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:53 AM
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14. would have been a lot closer in 00-04...
except for Santa's little election helpers working overtime. These traditional operatives were helped by the HAVA Act, which gave audit-less e-voting to 40 counties. NC was stolen.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 05:23 PM
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31. Note that HAVA does NOT require a wholesale switch to black box voting
though many states have used it as a pretext for such a switch.

In Hawai'i, we have ONE HAVA-compliant touch screen machine at each precinct. Everyone else votes with an optical scanner.

Of course, the elections official who devised this scheme -- and purchased the HAVA machines from Hart Intercivic, rather than Diebold, after hearing the Diebold CEO's boast about delivering electoral votes to Bush** -- was summarily canned by our repuke governor and replaced with someone who wasn't even a registered Hawai'i voter at the time (an official job requirement). :eyes:
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:10 PM
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32. I'm sure that
NC regrets the day touchscreens were sold to 40 counties with HAVA money. The other 60 counties mostly have optical scanners but of course there are ways to hack them, and the central tabulators are really vulnerable as well. The upcoming elections will be a real test of whether substantive improvements have been made.

Sorry you lost your official who was trying to act responsibly and ethically. The US election systems just CANNOT be so vulnerable to partisan politics. It's just not right.

We still have a long way to go before I would trust any US election to be without fraud.
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CRF450 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 04:23 PM
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30. I could have , but I was still under 18 then...
Now 21.
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workinclasszero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 07:28 AM
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4. This is great!
While McCain plays only to his racist loony base, Obama's base is secure and he is roping in the independents!

GOBAMA!
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Mira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 07:58 AM
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5. We're turning North Carolina blue ! I am cautiously excited.
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moose65 Donating Member (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:04 AM
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6. Excellent news
The NC Board of Elections web site is amazing: it has tons of statistics and you can even see who has voted early, when early voting starts on the 16th. And the site never crashes: I watched the returns during the primary and the site loaded just as fast as normal. Democrats now outnumber Republicans in NC by almost 775,000! Check it out:

http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/
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mcollier Donating Member (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:08 AM
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7. Blue ridge mountains
Country Road Take Me Home!

Won't be stealing this one.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:10 AM
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8. Keep an eye in North Carolina
Because when the returns start coming in next month, there will be some folks on the teevee trying to tell you that all these people registered to vote, stood in line to vote, and went through a big hassle to confirm the status quo and vote Republican. Just like all those people in Ohio back in 2004, who stood in long lines in the rain, and for whom the polls were kept open despite all kinds of "glitches" that materialized in certain precincts. It was because they just loved the policies of the Bush administration.

People are not motivated to take action unless they want something to change.
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zazen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 09:03 AM
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15. with Democrats in charge of state govt, I think chance of theft is much lower here
Edited on Wed Oct-01-08 09:03 AM by zazen
Hagan's campaign has been so smart and such a long time coming. For once Dems went on the offense, tying Dole to big oil well before the current crisis in the western part of the state, and people are PISSED. Bowles ran such an anemic campaign.
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:19 AM
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9. We were working on that way back before the primary there. I've never seen
so much enthusiasm. I wish I was there now. :(

The Greensboro area is famous for voter suppression, I hope someone's keeping an eye on them.

I still have high hopes. :-)
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:24 AM
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10. We have us some kick-ass Democrats down here in North Carolina!
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zazen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:44 AM
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11. Let's just hope they have the gas to get to the polls n/t
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Zambero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:48 AM
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12. That translates to an approximate +150,000 vote pickup for Obama in NC
Given the net gain in Democratic registrations, a 50-50 split among independents, and an 80% turnout of new voters.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:52 AM
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13. McCainamania?
:rofl:
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 09:43 AM
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19. Known to develop into McCainaphobia...
Not to say the good people of NC are crazy, it's more like a survival instinct.
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iandhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 09:14 AM
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16. Come on you Tar Healers...
... keep doing your good work NC is now a battle ground state. And while your at it elect Kay Hagen.
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Mira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 09:41 AM
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17. That's Tarheel to you Sir / Madam
:)
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iandhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 09:49 AM
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20. sorry about that...
... I am from New York
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ThePowerofWill Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 04:19 PM
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29. Don't forget Bev!
It's sad to think we might go Dem for president and repuke for gov. Last i heard ol' Pat is a little to close for comfort. So let all of us N.C. residents not forget to support Ms Purdue.
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 09:41 AM
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18. K&R!
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 10:34 AM
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21. Now all we have to do is make sure that the polling places are ready for them..
And that their votes get COUNTED. .
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 10:53 AM
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22. K&R! Go NC!
:bounce:
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dhpgetsit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 10:57 AM
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24. BaROCK the VOTE!

And be vigilant!



Thank you to all the people who have donated time and money to making this registration drive a huge success!!
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springbay Donating Member (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:27 AM
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25. yippee!
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:42 AM
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26. And Obama camp has their phone numbers and addresses
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Mudoria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:50 AM
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27. I think North Carolina will go for Obama finally..
Edited on Wed Oct-01-08 11:51 AM by Mudoria
I think we have a great shot at unseating Dole as well. Hagan and the DNC have really hit her hard with their ads here and it appears to be striking home. I think the Govenorship however will go to McCrory instead of Purdue, who to me is a weak candidate.
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tpsbmam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 12:36 PM
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28. ITA with everything. The campaign is doing a great job at making sure that
people have a way to get to the polls, too. What a dream -- Obama & Dole! Next: Burr. Ugh, what a waste of space he is!
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llmart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 08:20 PM
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33. Please say it's so.....
I so want to move back there when we retire and it would be the icing on the cake if it were "blue".

Keep up the good work, DU'ers in NC!
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susanbanks44 Donating Member (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:55 PM
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34. Central NC IN THE HIZZHOUSE!
This is wonderful news. The Obama campaign has struck gold in this blue heaven state. Early voting is only 2 and a half weeks away folks!
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tpsbmam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 06:23 AM
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36. Just 2 weeks now!! Starts on 10/16. Woohoo-can't wait to vote!!! n/t
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OakCliffDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 05:31 AM
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35. Everyone get out and vote OBAMA
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