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Just let me know the facts please - voodoopenguin - 11-03-2008
When does voting stop and when do the results start coming through and then how soon before the final number is known as long as there are no disputes?
Vague memory from old US films...is it right that there can be no campaigning on election day?
Re: Just let me know the facts please - Gutenberg - 11-03-2008
Most polls close at 8 p.m. local time, but it depends on the state--some close at 6 and some at 9. Voters in line when the polls close get to vote, but officials close off the line at closing time.
Numbers will be coming in all day from exit polling. Returns from the precincts will start coming in about 7 p.m. Eastern time. Returns will continue all evening. The California polls close at 11 p.m. Eastern, closer to midnight if there is a line.
We should have a good picture by midnight Eastern--you'll be snoozing before then, I betcha.
There is no campaigning on election day but the candidates do appear at the polls. There are no rallies until after the polls close.
Re: Just let me know the facts please - maco - 11-03-2008
Unfortunately, we still seem to have a hard time running elections here in the states.
Reports from around the country of people having to wait in line for many hours for early voting.
Hopefully the different states and counties won't mess things up too much tomorrow.
Re: Just let me know the facts please - samintx - 11-03-2008
By Brady Douglas
KETK NEWS
Story Created: Nov 1, 2008 at 11:14 PM CST
Story Updated: Nov 2, 2008 at 3:19 PM CST
TYLER - The president of the NAACP says the organization will have lawyers targeting hundreds of potentially troublesome election sites around the country on election day.
Lawyers will be sent to 750 precincts on November 4th where there has been a history of voter discrimination.
Gary Bledsoe, Yannis Banks, Robert Nozon and Claude Foster spoke with KETK on saturday.
All four men are with the Texas branch of the NAACP
This should keep things on an even keel
Re: Just let me know the facts please - Pam - 11-04-2008
I think we will know by 10pm eastern.
And Sam, lawyers are out in abundance on all sides. Take heart. Real voter fraud is highly over estimated. No where near what it would have to be to affect one precinct much less a state or national election.
http://brennan.3cdn.net/e20e4210db075b482b_wcm6ib0hl.pdf
Re: Just let me know the facts please - graylocks - 11-04-2008
No source will do a projection until the polls start closing. I printed out the schedule in this article.
Election Guide: Keep early eye on Ga., Va., Ind.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Election watchers won't have to wait for polls to close in the West to know how things are going. The first clues will come early, when voting ends in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia. If Democrat Barack Obama wins any of the three, he could be on his way to a big victory, maybe even a landslide.
If Republican John McCain sweeps them, he could be headed for a comeback. And if any of these three are too close to call quickly, that could indicate a long night ahead - and, perhaps, a squeaker of a result.
President Bush comfortably won the trio four years ago. But Obama has used his financial muscle and his draw as the youthful first black Democratic nominee to put them, and other historically reliable Republican states, into play.
Thus, the Democrat has several routes he can take to reach the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory. McCain's strategy has no room for error; he must win nearly all the states that went to Bush in 2004, and possibly even one or two that voted for Democrat John Kerry that year.
Here's a timetable for armchair election watchers, all given in Eastern Standard Time:
- 7 p.m.: The last polls close in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia, new battlegrounds this year offering a combined 39 votes, as well as in Kentucky and South Carolina, GOP country and 16 votes McCain should easily win, and Vermont, three, a sure thing for Obama.
- 7:30 p.m.: Ohio and North Carolina, both are critical for McCain.
Ohio is a perennial swing state that no Republican has ever lost on his way to the presidency. Bush captured the state twice, and a loss would be difficult, if not impossible, for McCain to weather. He has few options to make up the 20 electoral votes elsewhere, while Obama probably could sustain a defeat here and look for wins in other GOP states where polls show him running stronger.
North Carolina, with 15 votes, is another GOP state that Obama targeted for a pickup from the start of the general election and one where he is working to get blacks and young adults to turn out for him in droves. He also made a late play for West Virginia's five votes. Both are less likely than others to flip; McCain losing either would be disastrous.
- 8 p.m.: Final voting ends in some 15 states and Washington, D.C. (more)
Note: i heard on the news today the GA is considering keeping the polls open longer than 7pm.
Re: Just let me know the facts please - lafinfil - 11-04-2008
Note: i heard on the news today the GA is considering keeping the polls open longer than 7pm.
During the '04 Presidential Election I stood in line for over 3 hours
At 6:00 when the polls closed there were still 100+ people in line so they workers announced that
everyone in line would vote and they placed a poll worker at the end of the line to mark the cut off
and turn late comers away.
Re: Just let me know the facts please - Black Landlord - 11-04-2008
graylocks wrote:
No source will do a projection until the polls start closing. I printed out the schedule in this article.
Election Guide: Keep early eye on Ga., Va., Ind.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Election watchers won't have to wait for polls to close in the West to know how things are going. The first clues will come early, when voting ends in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia. If Democrat Barack Obama wins any of the three, he could be on his way to a big victory, maybe even a landslide.
If Republican John McCain sweeps them, he could be headed for a comeback. And if any of these three are too close to call quickly, that could indicate a long night ahead - and, perhaps, a squeaker of a result.
President Bush comfortably won the trio four years ago. But Obama has used his financial muscle and his draw as the youthful first black Democratic nominee to put them, and other historically reliable Republican states, into play.
Thus, the Democrat has several routes he can take to reach the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory. McCain's strategy has no room for error; he must win nearly all the states that went to Bush in 2004, and possibly even one or two that voted for Democrat John Kerry that year.
Here's a timetable for armchair election watchers, all given in Eastern Standard Time:
- 7 p.m.: The last polls close in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia, new battlegrounds this year offering a combined 39 votes, as well as in Kentucky and South Carolina, GOP country and 16 votes McCain should easily win, and Vermont, three, a sure thing for Obama.
- 7:30 p.m.: Ohio and North Carolina, both are critical for McCain.
Ohio is a perennial swing state that no Republican has ever lost on his way to the presidency. Bush captured the state twice, and a loss would be difficult, if not impossible, for McCain to weather. He has few options to make up the 20 electoral votes elsewhere, while Obama probably could sustain a defeat here and look for wins in other GOP states where polls show him running stronger.
North Carolina, with 15 votes, is another GOP state that Obama targeted for a pickup from the start of the general election and one where he is working to get blacks and young adults to turn out for him in droves. He also made a late play for West Virginia's five votes. Both are less likely than others to flip; McCain losing either would be disastrous.
- 8 p.m.: Final voting ends in some 15 states and Washington, D.C. (more)
Note: i heard on the news today the GA is considering keeping the polls open longer than 7pm.
Note all times = eastern.
Re: Just let me know the facts please - davester - 11-04-2008
graylocks wrote: Note: i heard on the news today the GA is considering keeping the polls open longer than 7pm.
In Alameda County (California), due to the fact that some polling places are short of ballots, they will keep polling places open to 10 pm if people are still waiting to vote.
Re: Just let me know the facts please - dmann - 11-04-2008
To echo what 'fil said:
In IL, as in many other states, they will close the lines to the polling places at 7:00pm. However, if you are in line by 7:00pm, you will be allowed to vote, no matter how long it takes for you to get to the booth.
DM