On November 07 2012 08:32 radiatoren wrote: It is very early days and it is far before the numbers make sense. However, there is an early lead of 56% for mister foot in mouth, Mourdock and 39% for his opponent.
Both counties reporting are like 70% for Romney, that number for Mourdock is going to change quick when Indianapolis starts to come in.
My wife and I went to the voting booths this morning before work. There were 4 older ladies running the show and 3 voting booths that are similar to a science fair project in how they fold up. They had an oval VOTE logo on top center and a cartridge slot on the left that the volunteers used to start your ballot.
I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine.
I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I then recorded this video.
There is a lot of speculation that the footage is edited. I'm not a video guy, but if it's possible to prove whether a video has been altered or not, I will GLADLY provide the raw footage to anyone who is willing to do so. The jumping frames are a result of the shitty camera app on my Android phone, nothing more.
Interviews have been granted to: Al Jazeera
I understand the thread warning/title/thing, but I feel with a video this isn't some bullshit conspiracy. My friends in Dade County (Florida) are saying similar types of bullshit are happening to them. Granted, the same stuff is being reported in other states with not being able to select Romney apparently to be fair, but yeah.
Covered earlier in the thread. CNN reported that the machine needed to be recalibrated and it was.
My wife and I went to the voting booths this morning before work. There were 4 older ladies running the show and 3 voting booths that are similar to a science fair project in how they fold up. They had an oval VOTE logo on top center and a cartridge slot on the left that the volunteers used to start your ballot.
I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine.
I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I then recorded this video.
There is a lot of speculation that the footage is edited. I'm not a video guy, but if it's possible to prove whether a video has been altered or not, I will GLADLY provide the raw footage to anyone who is willing to do so. The jumping frames are a result of the shitty camera app on my Android phone, nothing more.
Interviews have been granted to: Al Jazeera
I understand the thread warning/title/thing, but I feel with a video this isn't some bullshit conspiracy. My friends in Dade County (Florida) are saying similar types of bullshit are happening to them. Granted, the same stuff is being reported in other states with not being able to select Romney apparently to be fair, but yeah.
Covered earlier in the thread and CNN reported that the machine needed to be recalibrated and it was.
Over/Under on how many times we see that posted again before the election is called?
My wife and I went to the voting booths this morning before work. There were 4 older ladies running the show and 3 voting booths that are similar to a science fair project in how they fold up. They had an oval VOTE logo on top center and a cartridge slot on the left that the volunteers used to start your ballot.
I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine.
I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I then recorded this video.
There is a lot of speculation that the footage is edited. I'm not a video guy, but if it's possible to prove whether a video has been altered or not, I will GLADLY provide the raw footage to anyone who is willing to do so. The jumping frames are a result of the shitty camera app on my Android phone, nothing more.
Interviews have been granted to: Al Jazeera
I understand the thread warning/title/thing, but I feel with a video this isn't some bullshit conspiracy. My friends in Dade County (Florida) are saying similar types of bullshit are happening to them. Granted, the same stuff is being reported in other states with not being able to select Romney apparently to be fair, but yeah.
Covered earlier in the thread and CNN reported that the machine needed to be recalibrated and it was.
Over/Under on how many times we see that posted again before the election is called?
I'll take 3.
I call over the number of votes Jill Stein gets in Texas.
My wife and I went to the voting booths this morning before work. There were 4 older ladies running the show and 3 voting booths that are similar to a science fair project in how they fold up. They had an oval VOTE logo on top center and a cartridge slot on the left that the volunteers used to start your ballot.
I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine.
I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I then recorded this video.
There is a lot of speculation that the footage is edited. I'm not a video guy, but if it's possible to prove whether a video has been altered or not, I will GLADLY provide the raw footage to anyone who is willing to do so. The jumping frames are a result of the shitty camera app on my Android phone, nothing more.
Interviews have been granted to: Al Jazeera
I understand the thread warning/title/thing, but I feel with a video this isn't some bullshit conspiracy. My friends in Dade County (Florida) are saying similar types of bullshit are happening to them. Granted, the same stuff is being reported in other states with not being able to select Romney apparently to be fair, but yeah.
Sigh.................
On November 07 2012 07:02 Lmui wrote: Follow-up on the reddit link I posted a while back where it was difficult to vote for obama.
My wife and I went to the voting booths this morning before work. There were 4 older ladies running the show and 3 voting booths that are similar to a science fair project in how they fold up. They had an oval VOTE logo on top center and a cartridge slot on the left that the volunteers used to start your ballot.
I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine.
I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I then recorded this video.
There is a lot of speculation that the footage is edited. I'm not a video guy, but if it's possible to prove whether a video has been altered or not, I will GLADLY provide the raw footage to anyone who is willing to do so. The jumping frames are a result of the shitty camera app on my Android phone, nothing more.
Interviews have been granted to: Al Jazeera
I understand the thread warning/title/thing, but I feel with a video this isn't some bullshit conspiracy. My friends in Dade County (Florida) are saying similar types of bullshit are happening to them. Granted, the same stuff is being reported in other states with not being able to select Romney apparently to be fair, but yeah.
Covered earlier in the thread. CNN reported that the machine needed to be recalibrated and it was.
Oh my bad. I don't got any news stations other than local shit on my cable so I don't see that stuff.
On November 07 2012 08:41 oneofthem wrote: texas actually has a pretty sizable progressive community. clusters of blue amidst a commie color sea of lava.
Austin is hippie paradise, and a very enjoyable place to visit I may add.
maybe im late to the party but i see south park doesnt want to animate both sides again... "Obama Wins!" if romney does win chris mathews is going to fucking blow up. http://www.southparkstudios.com/
I'm watching on www.aftonbladet.se in Sweden. One of the biggest Swedish newspapers are having a live coverage. Probably not the best, but easier for me to follow because it's in my native language.
In general, and this is for future elections, if you get a choice between casting a ballot in two states that are on opposite ends of the spectrum (GA and IL for me), which would you pick? I feel like it's a pretty annoying situation to be in myself ...
On November 07 2012 08:48 babylon wrote: In general, and this is for future elections, if you get a choice between casting a ballot in two states that are on opposite ends of the spectrum (GA and IL for me), which would you pick? I feel like it's a pretty annoying situation to be in myself ...
Which one did you choose? (Those are Georgia and Illinois, right?)
I chose IL, but it was because I sent in my voter registration a little late(r), so I was worried an absentee registration form wouldn't get there in time. (From what I understand, I'd have to send in the registration form, and then once I'm registered, I'd have to send in my absentee registration, etc.) I think I would've liked to cast a ballot for GA instead though.
it's been a lot of fun guys. may the best man win. I'll see ya'll on the other side!
the fuck
hahahahaha are you trolling? If this happens it's probably an indication of rampant election fraud on the part of the Republican party.
no trolling. just a gut feeling and four years of waiting.
I'm hoping it's such a large win that accusations of voter fraud are out the window. call me crazy, but somehow, I don't think any recounts are going our way this time.
A large win for Romney would be exactly that-a massive indication of election fraud, because the likelihood of Romney winning by large margins based on the current polls is incredibly low.
I see that you're dropping the Nate Silver theory (Freudian slip?) about Romney's only chance being a "systematic bias against him in all the polls".
I was shocked that he was brave enough to write that, because now if Romney does win, and wins big, then we have a straight up admission from Nate Silver that all the polls are biased against Romney. Or we could just accuse the other side of massive election fraud...
Why don't you go look at all the polls for yourself and come to your own conclusion? Even at a conservative estimate, Obama is ahead on average by about 0.5% in almost all of the swing states. (Read: every state you predicted would be a win for Romney except NC) He has to lose several states in which he currently has leads in order to lose the electoral college. Statistically, the likelihood of that happening is pretty minimal.
Nate Silver is stating the obvious for anyone who is remotely knowledgeable in basic statistics.
I did look at the polls. and for the record, I have spent a grand total of 5 seconds on "unskewedpolls" in my entire life.
I understand Nate Silver's point, and I understand the fact that he didn't come right out and say "MSM bias". but if every poll is, in fact, systematically biased, than that does say something. sure, it's not proof that the polltakers were biased on purpose, or even that the polls were inaccurate; but it would be compelling evidence to suggest that there could be some bias in the polling (whether inherent or intentional is irrelevant).
EPT
