by
Tony Collett
on Wed 29 Oct 2008 12:56 AM EDT |
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Gang, when I said don't let up until November 5th, I was making the point to keep going until the day after Election Day, not
the day this flyer says Democrats are supposed to go to the polls . And the
dirty tricks are growing more and more common , such as
African-Americans being told they could be arrested if they vote in Philadelphia and back in March
college students in Colorado were told they couldn't register to vote in that state if their parents claimed them as dependents in another state (link goes to Time magazine's cover story this week "7 Things That Could Go Wrong On Election Day"). And in
this article previously linked in this post there is some factual basis on some people being turned away from the polls for wearing anything demonstrating support for a particular candidate. For instance, Texas has laws against passive electioneering. I would suggest, much as it would be cool like wearing a football jersey to the game or your favorite t-shirt to a comics convention, to not have anything like that to vote and show your support where it counts: in the voting booth. And if
your vote on screen doesn't reflect what you wanted , demand that it does. And instead of another rehash of what I've said before (basically speaking of demanding your right to vote, no provisional ballots)
here's a link to last night's post , with some respite links from the election.
And I wish to add my applause to
Florida Governor Charlie Crist for extending early voting hours in Florida even though it may cost fellow Republican McCain the state.
But like I said earlier don't let up yet.
Dick Polman has this reality check (summary: a focus group of Ohio undecided voters conducted a few days ago had 7 of the 12 saying they'll vote for McCain). And
Wil Wheaton had this video on his site: