WoW KC, you have worked at the poll for 10 years already? They did not have a Spy like moi.
FYI, from SJ Mercury News !! California is better prepared than most states, according to the electionline.org report and a survey by the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice and Common Cause. Those surveys identified about a dozen states where problems are likely to occur, including the battlegrounds of Ohio, Colorado and Virginia. Santa Clara County officials, chastened by a large turnout in the February primary that left them scrambling for ballots, said this week that they learned from that experience and are ready for Election Day. Elma Rosas, spokeswoman for the registrar's office, said about two-thirds of county voters will mail in their ballots, which will alleviate long waits at polling places. Nationwide, the forecast is more ominous. Doug Chapin, director of electionline.org, a respected data clearinghouse, noted that election officials in state after state were continually surprised by the large number of voters during the Democratic primaries. "That should be a warning," Chapin said. "We're going to see numbers on a scale that will tax the system in ways that it has not been tested." Mail-in voting and early in-person voting will relieve some of that pressure. This year, California and 32 other states are using some form of early voting. Oregon is conducting its third presidential election entirely by mail. Chapin predicted that one-third of all voting will be done before Election Day, up from 22 percent in 2004. So far, about 40 percent of California voters have requested mail-in ballots, and that number will grow with last-minute requests before Tuesday's deadline, said Kate Folmar, press secretary for Secretary of State Debra Bowen. Several states that began early voting this week experienced an unprecedented surge of voters — 825,000 in Georgia and more than 500,000 in Florida and North Carolina. Voters at some South Florida locations waited three hours, prompting officials to open more polling places Thursday. For election officials and voters, the big worry is the combination of long lines with a host of potential problems. Many states, including California, have largely shifted away from electronic touch-screen systems to paper ballots and optical scanners because of concerns that electronic voting is not reliable or secure. Florida will be using a different system for the third time since 2000, turning to optical scanners, and this election will be their first big test. The explosive growth in new voters has fueled partisan litigation over eligibility. Republican presidential candidate John McCain has charged that community groups such as ACORN are committing fraud by signing up nonexistent voters. In Ohio, Republicans are challenging the eligibility of up to 200,000 new voters, and in Montana a federal judge rejected a GOP official's bid to throw out 6,000 new voters as "political chicanery." States compiling new statewide databases, a requirement of federal law, are finding that some eligible voters have been improperly taken off the rolls. Old-fashioned data-entry problems are causing what Michael Waldman, director of the Brennan Center, called "disenfranchisement by typo." If a new voter's name is misspelled, or a Social Security number has a transposed digit, that voter could be out of luck. Florida, Georgia and Indiana will require photo identification at the polls for all voters, and first-time voters in all states should be prepared to show photo ID. If there's any dispute about eligibility, a voter is allowed to fill out a provisional ballot that will be checked later. The big crowds, new technology and new rules in some states could mean confusion and long waits on Election Day. Chapin said some combination of those elements in three battleground states — Colorado, Ohio and Virginia — could delay definitive results, especially if many votes are challenged in a tight race. "It's going to be the equivalent of a live-fire exercise without a lot of practice," Chapin said. "We just don't know how all these changes will work." The Brennan Center report found that eight states are not stocking enough emergency paper ballots, and 28 states do not have adequate plans for postelection audits. California does not have those problems, the survey found. The Help America Vote Act, passed by Congress in the wake of the Florida disaster, has pumped millions of dollars to states and localities to upgrade systems and improve training. But in many states, election offices are underfunded and are struggling to verify newly registered voters. Rosemary Rodriguez, chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, created to help the states, warned last month that election officials should "not rely on previous strategies, such as turnout in the last presidential election, but to factor in a big increase in new voters." On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Khoar Chev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ta Proon, Thanks for info. I had already mailed my ballot, I will work > at the poll on November 4th as usual, been doing this for 10 years already, > but this time is going to be a big headache for sure...the new voters, and > ignorant voters, you know what moi mean, bro. > > *Khoar Chev* *( Made in Cambodia )* > > --- On *Fri, 10/24/08, Perom Uch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Perom Uch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Just Do It ! Go To Vote ! > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 12:05 PM > > *Hello KC, > > I have Khor Chev (=Thne Pram) and Ao Yornn..not Ao Yai:-} > * > *Finally, some reminders for voters in California: 1) You may vote early > by going to the Voter Registrar's Office (San Jose for Santa Clara County > residents, San Mateo for San Mateo County residents). These offices will be > open from 9 A.M. to 3 on Saturdays and Sundays, and also during the week. > 2) Your application for an absentee ballot must be in the Registrar's > Office by October 28. 3) Your completed absentee ballot must be received > in the Voter Registrar's Office by Election Day. (It requires 59 cents in > stamps.) It also can be dropped off on Election Day at any precinct location > within the county in which you live. > > Just Do It ! Go To Vote ! > Happy Friday ! > > Cheers, > > Ta Prum, Nonpartisan Register's Voter Family.* > * > * > > > . >> >> >> >> >> --- On *Fri, 10/24/08, Khoar Chev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >> >> From: Khoar Chev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Friday Songs (10-24-08) >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 11:44 AM >> >> . >> >> >> >> --. >> >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
