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Good morning,
I am new on the list and lurk. I j ust got back from Seal High Rise =
(ward 4). It was very busy- moving quickly. I asked the workers how the =
morning was going- they replied that it was extremely busy at opening- =
very long lines. It felt very energetic compared to the last election. =
Lots of younger voters, lots of immediate registrations.=20
Have had two people come to the door asking if I had voted in the =
last 20 minutes. I find this very heartening compared to the last =
election.=20
Jackie
Midway Heights
- Done.
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1. Re: Stpaul Digest, Vol 11, Issue 2 (Out of the office Tuesday) (Jeff Syme) 2. Turnout (Matt Flory) 3. Re: Turnout (List Manager) 4. Re: Turnout ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 5. Re: Turnout ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 6. Re: Turnout (GLORIA E BOGEN) 7. Re: Turnout (Kat Sherman-Hoehn) 8. Re: Turnout ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 9. RE: Turnout (Jim Ivey) 10. Re: Turnout (John Birrenbach) 11. Re: Turnout (Steve Boland) 12. RE: Turnout - 7 East Side Precincts (Phil Fuehrer)
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 22:35:17 -0600 From: "Jeff Syme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [StPaul] Re: Stpaul Digest, Vol 11, Issue 2 (Out of the office Tuesday) To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
AUTO REPLY I will be out of the office on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and will return Wednesday, Nov. 3. If you need assistance, please e-mail Dawn Hoffner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or call her at 651-602-1447. Thank you.
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Message: 2 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 05:43:08 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Flory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [StPaul] Turnout To: "St. Paul Issues Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I just got back from the polls where people were predictably lined up around the block. I showed up at 6:45 and waited in line for more than a half hour.
Matt Flory Mac Groveland
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Message: 3 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:54:32 -0600 From: List Manager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [StPaul] Turnout To: "St. Paul Issues Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"
I just got back from the polls where people were predictably lined up around the block. I showed up at 6:45 and waited in line for more than a half hour.
Thanks for the report.
I'm anxious to hear from other folks about their experiences at the polls. Please, report back to us once you've voted!
Also, be sure to indicate where your polling location is. It will be interesting to notice differences in various parts of the city.
Best wishes,
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Message: 4 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:15:40 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [StPaul] Turnout To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
In a message dated 11/2/2004 7:55:31 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm anxious to hear from other folks about their experiences at the polls. Please, report back to us once you've voted!
Husband and I too went early. Polls opened with 60-80 in line v. 10-12 prior years as reported by a neighbor who always goes first thing.
--Jennifer Armstrong Payne/Phalen
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Message: 5 Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 09:33:45 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [StPaul] Turnout To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
My son voted in precinct 2-7 (Kellogg to St Clair/ 35E to the river) at 7:15. He had a half hour wait and was voter 115.
Chuck Repke West Seventh
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Message: 6 Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 08:34:46 -0600 From: "GLORIA E BOGEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [StPaul] Turnout To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
Arrived at St. Matt's (West Side - precinct 2-13) at 7:30 and finished
voting 23 minutes later (voter #126). Everyone went through two lines, one
to sign in and get your ballot and one to vote. When I left, there were no
more people lined up to sign in, but a couple new voters coming through the
door.
Amazingly, there are about twice as many people with a last name from A-L as
from M-Z (they also divided us into two lines to sign in).
Gloria Bogen West Side=Best Side [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Message: 7 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 08:54:12 -0600 From: Kat Sherman-Hoehn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [StPaul] Turnout To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Arrived at Galtier school in SD 66 W4 P 16 at 7:15; out by 7:45. The line was maybe 50 people, but it moved fast! I was the 145th voter. When I left, the line was longer than when I came in, but still moving well. The election judges were very efficient-- I was impressed!
Katherine Sherman-Hoehn Lex-Ham
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Message: 8 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:08:40 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [StPaul] Turnout To: "GLORIA E BOGEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Interesting, GB. We must have all your alphabetic ends over here. Skluzacek. Wzwrsniak. Trotsky.
Here's a note I sent our neighbor this morning (our poll was in the basement of St. Whatshisname at Victoria & Armstrong, W2-P6).
"What a neighborhood scene at the polls this morning. I'm almost in tears over the whole thing. We brought the girls down, discussing the new Uruguayan "regime change" en route. Then we see Linda and Jack leaving as we go in. She says "We need to talk, but later..." I thought, "F&ck! We're simply cancelling their votes now!"
Inside, our line (A-O) had zero people while there were others lined up 15 deep for some reason. I signed my name, walked around the 15 N-Z's, and there in another line I never stood in was Soy. He was all decked out in his suit coat and a tie - I think it might have been his first vote. My eyes get wet reliving it. I almost don't even care if he voted for Bush, it was so moving!
So he's in that line to get something else, I guess, but we just walked up
to a guy, got a ballot, and voted "au naturel" at the table. The voting
machine judge stood perfectly behind the line, and the Children Vote lady
was amazing. Then, all of a sudden, there was Senna voting with her! And
Jim, and Lyndelle. It was all abuzz, everywhere. On the way up the stairs
and out the church (go figure) door, a lady who was at the W7/FRF Annual
Meeting and actually ran for the Board was getting her ass chewed by her
dickhead man for some stupid thing like her not being where he expected her
to be.
It was quite a trip. I guess you had to be there, but I hope you get the picture. What was the question? ;-) Have fun in your judge role. Yer a good Marekin!
I wonder what Howard Dean is doing right now.
I think President Kerry should appoint W to be ambassador to Sudan.
A"
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Arrived at St. Matt's (West Side - precinct 2-13) at 7:30 and finished
voting 23 minutes later (voter #126). Everyone went through two lines, one
to sign in and get your ballot and one to vote. When I left, there were no
more people lined up to sign in, but a couple new voters coming through the
door.
Amazingly, there are about twice as many people with a last name from A-L as from M-Z (they also divided us into two lines to sign in).
Gloria Bogen West Side=Best Side [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Message: 9 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:40:52 -0600 From: "Jim Ivey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [StPaul] Turnout To: "'St. Paul Issues Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I just got back from the downtown Saint Paul location in Kellogg Square.
The line there wrapped around the hallways inside the building, and
according to the people at the desk it had been that way since they opened.
As I walked to and from the polling place, I saw far more people with "I
Voted" stickers than ever before.
The process was quick and efficient for both pre-registered and newly registered voters alike. Even with the extremely long line, the wait from start to finish was about 35 minutes. Everyone was pretty cordial and uncomplaining about the long line. I didn't see anyone that showed up and left before voting because of the wait.
As a side note, I didn't see any of the purported "challengers" on site...
just election judges and helpers, with one gent off to the side seeming to
be counting the number of people that voted. I didn't know what to expect,
but it was a nice experience, with lots of helpful people.
Jim Ivey Downtown Saint Paul
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I just got back from the polls where people were predictably lined up around the block. I showed up at 6:45 and waited in line for more than a half hour.
Thanks for the report.
I'm anxious to hear from other folks about their experiences at the polls. Please, report back to us once you've voted!
Also, be sure to indicate where your polling location is. It will be interesting to notice differences in various parts of the city.
Best wishes,
-- Tim Erickson List Manager St. Paul Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ Hamline Midway Resident 651-643-0722 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Message: 10 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:35:34 -0600 From: John Birrenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [StPaul] Turnout To: St Paul Discuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"
Here's a note I sent our neighbor this morning (our poll was in the basement of St. Whatshisname at Victoria & Armstrong, W2-P6).
I just returned from the same place and Turnout is HEAVY.... I voted at 9am and they already had 276 people vote, that is nearly 150 per hour
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Message: 11 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:45:58 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Boland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [StPaul] Turnout To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I dropped the kids off at the bus and went to vote for the first time in my new
neighborhood, Ward 1 precinct 12 (Selby/Dale and Cathedral Hill). I arrived at the
polls about 8:20 and was voter number 353 out at 8:55 this morning.
Oddly enough, we too had a huge number of people in the A-L line, while
pre-registered voters M-Z could pretty much just walk in and vote. I'm pleased to
note there were about a dozen people registering while I was there, from all ages
and backgrounds. It would have been faster to register on-site than to wait in line
with the A-L last names!
I have to say I was really moved by the feeling of everyone there. It was so
hopeful and empowering to see dozens of neighbors peacefully lined up waiting for
their chance to vote, and each feeling really good about the lines. I went and
looked up a bit of history at the Secretary of State web site. In 2002, my precinct
had 1,560 voters registered at the start of voting, and an overall turnout of 1,281
for a 82% turnout among registered voters. So as I left the polls this morning my
precinct was closing in on a third of the total votes from last time just two hours
into the day.
Maybe my new neighborhood all votes early, but I'm really feeling positive about how
this day is starting out!
Steve Boland Selby/Dale
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Message: 12 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 08:22:09 -0800 (PST) From: Phil Fuehrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [StPaul] Turnout - 7 East Side Precincts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Voted in my Highwood Hills precinct in 67B at 9:10. Number 382. Full, but "line" was only 1 or two people. Turnout seemed up a little, but our precinct usually gets high turnout. No "Move-on", sign holders, etc. present.
Swung by six other precincts on way in to work to check out traffic and see if anyone was out with signs, etc.:
Battle Creek Elementary, Battle Creek Middle, Conway, Harding, Wilson Highrise, and Dayton's Bluff Elementary
Traffic seemed fairly heavy at each though I don't normally swing buy them so have no base to compare against.
Irregularities?? Saw 2 Kerry and 1 Bush sign illegal placed in a public median. 1 group of 4 or 5 somebodies, doing something on the sidewalk outside the Wilson Highrise location (more than 100 ft from the doors). They had clipboards and pamphelts of some sort - weren't any voters around when I drove by.
Phil Fuehrer Highwood Hills
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