voting shenanigans?

MrsG · Post by **MrsG** » Nov 7th, '06, 21:30

Curious - did everyone have the Iraq war question on their ballot . . . I swear I did not see it on mine

Post by **Bubba** » Nov 7th, '06, 21:32

No such question on our ballot here.

tyrolean_skier · Post by **tyrolean_skier** » Nov 7th, '06, 23:01

We voted this morning after our parent-teacher conference with Iceman's teacher. The Snow Princess watched SkiDork vote and Iceman joined me behind the curtain.

BigKahuna13 · Post by **BigKahuna13** » Nov 8th, '06, 06:18

MrsG wrote:Curious - did everyone have the Iraq war question on their ballot . . . I swear I did not see it on mine

What Iraq war question? Was this some MA thing?

Voted where I always vote - my kids old 4th grade school. Used the same machine I always use. Saw the same old people I always see.

btw - is it some kind of law that you have to be at least 80 to be a poll
worker?

Dr. NO · Post by **Dr. NO** » Nov 8th, '06, 06:52

BigKahuna13 wrote:
MrsG wrote:Curious - did everyone have the Iraq war question on their ballot . . . I swear I did not see it on mine
What Iraq war question? Was this some MA thing?

Voted where I always vote - my kids old 4th grade school. Used the same machine I always use. Saw the same old people I always see.

btw - is it some kind of law that you have to be at least 80 to be a poll
worker?

I think they call that VOLUNTEERS.

And no, we did not have a "war" question on our ballot, only some thing about Charter Changes and Hiring a Town Manager. Town Manager? WTF is that, we pay the 1st Selectman a full time salary and she can't do the job?

MrsG · Post by **MrsG** » Nov 8th, '06, 09:51

BigKahuna13 wrote:
MrsG wrote:Curious - did everyone have the Iraq war question on their ballot . . . I swear I did not see it on mine
What Iraq war question? Was this some MA thing?

Voted where I always vote - my kids old 4th grade school. Used the same machine I always use. Saw the same old people I always see.

btw - is it some kind of law that you have to be at least 80 to be a poll
worker?

The Iraq war question was showing on the news line results on TV and I mentioned that I did not see that question on my ballot . . . MrG did have it on his - so I either missed it

, or it was a random question in MA.
Very curious!!!

MarieM · Post by **MarieM** » Nov 8th, '06, 09:56

Bubba wrote:LOL...I went to the Killington Town Offices, paid my November property tax installment just to get myself in the right mood, then went to vote. Your name is checked against a list of registered voters after which you're then given a card where you black out a circle next to the name of the person you want to vote for (kind of like an SAT test) and you then put your card into an electronic reader. You give another person your name on the way out and they check your name once again. The system works.

That's the way we do it here. We don't need no stinkin' voting machines!

MarieM · Post by **MarieM** » Nov 8th, '06, 09:57

MrsG wrote:
BigKahuna13 wrote:
MrsG wrote:Curious - did everyone have the Iraq war question on their ballot . . . I swear I did not see it on mine
What Iraq war question? Was this some MA thing?

Voted where I always vote - my kids old 4th grade school. Used the same machine I always use. Saw the same old people I always see.

btw - is it some kind of law that you have to be at least 80 to be a poll
worker?
The Iraq war question was showing on the news line results on TV and I mentioned that I did not see that question on my ballot . . . MrG did have it on his - so I either missed it , or it was a random question in MA.
Very curious!!!

Hey - how 'bout that wine question in MA? I was surprised to hear this morning that it didn't pass.

MrsG · Post by **MrsG** » Nov 8th, '06, 10:08

[quote="MarieM Hey - how 'bout that wine question in MA? I was surprised to hear this morning that it didn't pass.[/quote]

I know

- MA is finally moving into the 21st Century, but not allowing wine in a grocery store!?!?!?!

BigKahuna13 · Post by **BigKahuna13** » Nov 8th, '06, 10:59

MrsG wrote:[quote="MarieM Hey - how 'bout that wine question in MA? I was surprised to hear this morning that it didn't pass.

I know

- MA is finally moving into the 21st Century, but not allowing wine in a grocery store!?!?!?![/quote]

We don't allow wine sales in supermarkets down here either.

XtremeJibber2001 · Post by **XtremeJibber2001** » Nov 8th, '06, 11:07

BigKahuna13 wrote:
MrsG wrote:[quote="MarieM Hey - how 'bout that wine question in MA? I was surprised to hear this morning that it didn't pass.
I know - MA is finally moving into the 21st Century, but not allowing wine in a grocery store!?!?!?!

[/quote]

We don't allow wine sales in supermarkets down here either.[/quote]

Same in PA. Heck, they finally just authorized the sale of alcohol on Sunday's

MrsG · Post by **MrsG** » Nov 8th, '06, 11:14

BigKahuna13 wrote:
MrsG wrote:[quote="MarieM Hey - how 'bout that wine question in MA? I was surprised to hear this morning that it didn't pass.
I know - MA is finally moving into the 21st Century, but not allowing wine in a grocery store!?!?!?!

We don't allow wine sales in supermarkets down here either.[/quote]

I guess there are many states that do not allow wine in supermarkets, but, here in MA, it is allowed in some supermarkets, but not all - MA does not allow wine in more than three locations of the same store - for example, the three Trader Joe's or Stop and Shop's near Boston can sell wine, but here in Western MA, it is not allowed - the "yes" vote would have allowed all convenience/grocery/supermarkets to sell wine. Seems the liquor stores paid a lot to advertise the negative aspects of allowing the "yes" vote. Oh well!!!

shortski · Post by **shortski** » Nov 8th, '06, 13:00

MrsG wrote:
Bubba wrote:LOL...I went to the Killington Town Offices, paid my November property tax installment just to get myself in the right mood, then went to vote. Your name is checked against a list of registered voters after which you're then given a card where you black out a circle next to the name of the person you want to vote for (kind of like an SAT test) and you then put your card into an electronic reader. You give another person your name on the way out and they check your name once again. The system works.
. . . and here, in our little country town in MA, it is the same

Little town in Vermont, they know you when you walk in, went to give my name women says already checked off and hands me the ballot, old paper style about 2'X3' and mark an "x" in the box with a pencil.

XtremeJibber2001 · Post by **XtremeJibber2001** » Nov 8th, '06, 13:06

MrsG wrote:
shortski wrote:
MrsG wrote:
Bubba wrote:LOL...I went to the Killington Town Offices, paid my November property tax installment just to get myself in the right mood, then went to vote. Your name is checked against a list of registered voters after which you're then given a card where you black out a circle next to the name of the person you want to vote for (kind of like an SAT test) and you then put your card into an electronic reader. You give another person your name on the way out and they check your name once again. The system works.
. . . and here, in our little country town in MA, it is the same
Little town in Vermont, they know you when you walk in, went to give my name women says already checked off and hands me the ballot, old paper style about 2'X3' and mark an "x" in the box with a pencil.

Wow, that's some huge ballot

SS ... you confuse your belly with the ballot and 'X' mark your belly-button?

shortski · Post by **shortski** » Nov 8th, '06, 14:09

MrsG wrote: Wow, that's some huge ballot

I have no idea why it was so huge, maybe a lot of old folks in the town easier to read.