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Bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 11:57 AM
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All of Houstons Voting Machines Burn to the Ground!
...and the election is only 51 days away

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7173960.html

and so it bigins

fire that destroyed nearly all Harris County's electronic voting machines Friday has election officials scrambling to re-equip the county for an election in which early voting starts in just 51 days.

Even before the pre-dawn fire was out, County Clerk Beverly Kaufman pledged to hold a "timely election" on Nov. 2 but suggested the county may have to run fewer than its planned 739 Election Day polling stations if it cannot find enough machines.

Because she does not know how many machines will be available for each polling location, Kaufman started appealing almost immediately to voters to cast their ballots early to help avoid long lines on Election Day.

Early voting begins Oct. 18.


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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:12 PM
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1. Miraculously, the remaining machines only made their way to Republican strong areas.
Hallelujah.

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TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:13 PM
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2. Well that's a start - 49 states to go. nt
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 02:24 PM
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5. I feel the same way. Paper ballots nationwide, now THAT'S some real change I can believe in! nt
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Bongo Prophet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 01:34 PM
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3. Dem challenger Bill White's stronghold too
Of course GOP thugs in Tx would think that it's a dem conspiracy, but they often project a bit. This would obviously hurt Bill White (the ex-mayor there) much more. Maybe somebody is nervous that White is so close?

As a Texan, I know the game is played in multiple levels here.
Some pretty dark levels.
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AuntPatsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 02:20 PM
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4. Not good, hadn't heard this..not good at all...
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 02:34 PM
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6. Harris County voting machines?



The irony overwhelms me.






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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 02:36 PM
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7. Are those the voting machines with PacMan installed on them?
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