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Ohio Early Voting Consensus Result: Yeah, whatever, dude.

In which my evil laugh heartily amuses my son.

No, seriously: take a look for yourself. He thinks that it’s the funniest thing EVER:

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Admittedly, I was pretty over the top with it: then again, I have reason to be. Via the head’s-up by the Constant Readers in this subthread:

Turnout light in Ohio early voting window
By STEPHEN MAJORS – 2 days ago

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A weeklong period in which Ohioans could register to vote and immediately cast a ballot ended Monday with turnout that didn’t quite match the expectations of election officials — or the campaign predictions that preceded it.

As of Monday evening with polling sites still open, projections were that about 4,000 to 5,000 voters in the state’s four largest counties would have taken advantage of the policy, which survived multiple court challenges.

[snip]

Overall, between 20,000 and 25,000 people were expected to have voted early in person in the four counties, beginning Sept. 30. The four counties include the state’s largest urban areas — Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo and Dayton — and the focal points of campaign get-out-the-vote efforts.

[snip]

The early voting window was expected to benefit Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, as his campaign and supportive advocacy groups drove members of typically Democratic constituencies — the homeless, college students and poor people — to the polls.

Geraghty has the number of early voters in Ohio being 28,466 out of 8.2 million registered voters (that’s .3%, or in layman’s terms, “nobody”). He’s still trying to figure out why there weren’t more of them than that, given the way that the Obama campaign’s been pushing early voting. Me, I just want to know how much money was spent on this. Because whatever the amount was, Barack Obama could have gotten more use out of it by using it for kindling.

No, really: he could banked the coals and thrown a clambake for his followers, or something.

Moe Lane

PS: I am, of course, being nice by assuming that the early voters are all real. Given that key Democratic ally ACORN has a strong presence in Ohio, that is probably me being too nice.

COMMENTS

  • Strelnikov

    As ACORN corruption becomes more obvious and newsworthy, Republicans need to emphasize that Big Brobama and the Dems were directly hoping to channel money to ACORN in the original bail-out bill.

    Time to chop down this little oak tree and fashion some baseball bats from it to apply to some Dem heads!

  • pwest

    be a sign that the youth vote may not turn out of Obama, or not!

    Guys, I have decided to give up making predictions. I’m voting come he@$ or highwater!

    I know we’re frustrated, but we have to hang in and vote.

  • Crowe

    So only a fraction of the “hoped-for” (in some quarters) turnout came, and that’s with ACORN busing people around…

    Assuming the majority of those 28K votes went for Obama, that may be all he needs to tip Ohio.

    But then, also assuming that a goodly number of them were illegitimate votes for one reason or another, since there are so few, perhaps the various boards of elections can do some registration vetting now to determine vote legitimacy on most, if not all, of those, and reduce significantly the number of illegitimate votes cast in early voting.

    But, in the end, I’m glad your son found it amusing.

  • streetwise

    IIRC, the Resurrection of the Dead occurs along with the Second Coming.

  • jimmuy8

    “Assuming the majority of those 28K votes went for Obama, that may be all he needs to tip Ohio.”

    Bush won Ohio by 118,601.

  • Strelnikov

    We will see if the lower classes turn out to see him: the rally is downtown.

    No doubt state government offices will be empty: good! Fewer shenanigans for at least a few hours!

    Maybe Chuck Waggon will be there, with Chuck Roast, and I.P. Freely, and Amanda Hugginkiss, and all those other registered voters for Big Brobama!

  • streetwise

    IIRC, the Resurrection of the Dead occurs along with the Second Coming.

  • jsteele

    OTOH, the dead people haven’t voted yet.
    streetwise October 9th, 2008 at 11:32 a.m. CDT
    IIRC, the Resurrection of the Dead occurs along with the Second Coming.

    You’re thinking of the Biblical tradition. In the Democrat Party tradition the dead are never resurrected they just vote every two years.

  • popdaddy

    One of the most troubling concerns I have about democrat voter fraud is the registration of children under 18. These people all have social security numbers. What protection can county offices provide to prevent registration cards going out to underage without reviewing a vaild birth certifcate? High school kids could actually vote, other adults could use the young kids cards.
    All states should have an ID card / valid citizen driver license requirement for voting because it’s not getting any better.

  • Poli_Bri

    since the 2004 elections (including the Washington State fiasco). My first question in a real town-hall setting would be, “How are YOU going to remedy the rampant corruption in our state and national voting systems?”

    Fix that, and the Dems would have trouble pulling 40% in any election.

  • JoeG

    The polling alleges that it’s too close to call in Ohio right not.

    I don’t have a whole bunch of faith in the polls done by the MSM, but if it is as close as they say, that 28K can be the difference.

    Then again, if Ohio is close, we’re done. McCain/Palin need to flip one state to make up for Iowa.

  • Crowe

    …are the same person, silly. Dems always win the split personality disorder vote. Many times over.

  • JoeG

    I live in Oregon, and there really isn’t a check on the voting.

    I bought my house from Mexican citizens. Come election time, 8 ballots arrived for the husband and wife, with variations of their names. I notified the county elections clerk. Of course they wouldn’t tell me anything.

    On the electoral vote count, it really doesn’t matter since we’ve got so many lib transplants from Cali here. But we are trying to hold onto our RINO Senator and get a Republican into the house for my district.

  • morganm

    Even with tiny numbers, it seems like we should be in there to see the extent of untruthful ballots already, and maybe tighten things up for election day as well as maybe get some info for ads on ACORN’s work.

  • MikeO

    It’s not strong enough.

    The best bottles of wood shampoo are turned from White Ash, Hard Rock Maple, or Birch.

  • Crowe

    Neither is Kerry. Florida in 2000 went to Dubya by fewer than 28K votes.

    I’m confident that McCain should win Ohio by far more than 28K votes. But that, of course, is counting legitimate votes. Obama-infatuated outfits have had years to brood over perceived slights and fictitious “disenfranchisements” and devise all sorts of ways to make-every-vote-count-as-many-times-as-it-takes-for-their-guy-to-win. And the Democrat Secretary of State, the state official charged with guaranteeing the integrity of the state’s elections, has completely ignored the situation. Not exactly a situation that evokes confidence.

    I thoroughly mistrust any state vote tally in which ACORN or their ilk were actively involved. Which, of course, means pretty much all of them.

  • clevergael

    If you looked at a county-by-county breakdown of Ohio you would see that there are several metro-area counties that are heavily red. The key is turnout, turnout, turnout. I will be making phone calls in my county, and I suggest you all do the same. Yes, it’s too close to call in Ohio according to the polls, but I never answer the phone for those damn polls, and I’ll bet most of you ignore them too. Remember how shocked (SHOCKED!) the Kerry campaign was when Ohio didn’t go as they expected from the polls? It will be the same this year. You just get out and vote and get your friends and relatives out…offer rides to the elderly and infirm and be good citizens.

    This is FAR from over.

  • Poli_Bri

    and I have misgivings about the mail-in system, too. Right on about the “Northern California” voters, especially up in the rain forest (I’m central, which used to feel more red than it does nowadays).

    I could write out a much-more tamper-proof voting system on a 3×5 card, but people just keep walking around on banana peels and hoping they won’t slip.

  • awtherfrd

    …that keep me from just tunning out all together. I am confident that McCain is going to win the election but all of these smug liberals are starting to get to me.

    Thank you for these little droplets of energy to keep me fighting for a Palin future.

  • Poli_Bri

    I heard somebody opine recently that polls are often slanted anyway, because Rs and conservatives are busy working, eating dinner with their families, or just doing something more productive when the pollsters call. I know I screen and click those calls.

    At least, I hope that’s what’s going on. I feel like people were less worried about Kerry in 2004. Heck, he was ahead in the polls on the afternoon of Election Day.

  • izoneguy

    The smug liberals are why I get up in the morning. I love a bloody fight.

  • ILLINOIS_CONSERV

    Please keep Ohio red!! I am one sad, blue Illinoisan :(

  • MikeO

    I thoroughly mistrust any state vote tally in which ACORN or their ilk were actively involved. Which, of course, means pretty much all of them.

    You’ve hit the nail on the head.

    The left has been playing a dangerous game by undermining our faith in the vote since 2000. They attack it from one side with their unfounded accusations of voter suppression and hacked polling machines. Then, they attack it from the other side by combatting anti-fraud measures and by engaging actively in this kind of fraud.

    Our version of civilization depends on political upheaval executed peacefully at regular intervals at the polls. Even Nixon declined to attack this foundation of our system by letting Kennedy and the mob steal the 1960 election.

    After eight years of these shameless attacks from the left, the equation starts changing to the point where enduring the abuse is less good for the nation than a forceful confrontation would be.

    Once the confidence in the fairness of our elections is gone, there will be no reason to keep our regularly scheduled revolutions peaceful.

  • dinogroup

    Watching the interview on Fox last night between McCain and Palin was interesting contrast from the Demos. They looked like they enjoy being with each other and respected the others views. We need to insure that McCain and Palin are elected.

  • Next93

    It’s a good thing that Haloween didn’t fall within that one-week “balloting” period, eh?

  • MomInFlyOverZone

    Well, I figure I’m going to “trust” the counties – I figure with only 4K-5K of people voting, they should BE ABLE TO check each of these ballots out. Of course, I just realized they probably can’t open them up early. OK, scratch that idea. Maybe I should begin praying again.

  • Crowe

    …in order to check the legitimacy of the registered voter. The voter’s name and identifying information is not sealed inside the envelope — in fact, it’s indicated by cross referencing the number of the ballot against the voter roll and then checking the veracity of the information on the roll.

    Yes, they are capable of checking these out beforehand. The question is, does the law provide for that, and if so, will they do it. I’m doubtful on those two scores.

  • gensec

    The places community organizers do registration and absentee voting turnout also tend to be Democratic majority jurisdictions. Thus the people running the elections may be perfectly happy to let illegal ballots get counted, rather than disenfranchise dead people, imaginary people, house pets, etc.

  • terilyn

    We must win this election. If not, we may as well be living in France……ugh!!!

    Talk to your friends, enemies, neighbors, work mates, any and everyone you see!

    Vote McCain/Palin!!!!!!

  • terilyn

    n/t

  • awtherfrd

    I work in the non-profit world… It is about 8 to 1 libs in this profession…

  • Kevin_R_Wood

    This election is all about voter turnout. I live in Walton County (a suburb of Atlanta) and asked the poll workers about turnout when I voted. The very nice lady indicated that Walton is experiencing very heavy turnout. Walton County is one of the most Republican strongholds in Georgia with Bush getting around 80% of the vote in 2004. I believe that come election day the MSM will be shocked when McCain is elected the next POTUS!

    If you are worried about the election call for McCain/Palin, talk to your friends, go door to door, do something to save American from true socialism and the horrendous judgment of Obama.

  • McPALINation

    Keep it up, I’ll accuse you of LOOKING like Todd Palin too! :)

  • IndyBoomer

    I’ve been reading Redstate for months with great enjoyment and satisfaction, but today’s my first post. I’m an Independent, former Hillary supporter, now a McCain supporter voting Republican all the way down the ticket this year. I’ve had it!

    Anyway, just wanted to mention I received my California “vote by mail” absentee ballot today, and that means that McCain had better unleash some serious October surprises THIS WEEK, because people are already starting to vote. Not that I expect California to turn red (I wish), but many other states have probably sent them out as well. Just sayin’….

  • Jim_Tomasik

    I thought he had food on his face but I think my screen may just be dirty.

  • Kathyrep

    Am personally going to walk my absentee ballot to the polls on election day. Don’t feel comfortable letting it sit around for three weeks with all the voter fraud running rampant!

  • IndyBoomer

    Good point…however, many people use vote by mail/absentee because they really will be “absent” that day and have to mail it in ahead of time…like if they had to go on a 2-3 week business trip. They’d pretty much have to make up their mind and vote during the next week.

  • ohiobeagle

    I still hold out hope for Ohio. Although I’ve seen more Obama signs than I expected in my neighborhood, I’ve also seen significant areas where all of the local D support signs are out but no Obama. In 2004 I was really worried about W’s chances in Ohio until I drove through Wayne and Holmes Counties (rural, amish/mennonite) and even the mennonite businesses had W signs at their place of business. R’s were helped in Ohio 2004 because of our constititutional initiative regarding same-sex marriage and the amish/mennonite view of W as a pro-lifer. I can’t understand why Obama’s infanticide issue isn’t being pounded away at in this area. I’ve spoken to many people–Republicans even!–who’ve never heard this story. On another note, I do know of one young man who voted during the special election period and it wasn’t for O.

  • DC71

    I just wanted to let you guys know that in most states, it is not illegal to drive people to the polls. It’s a common practice on election day done by both parties. To suggest that this is an example of fraud is completely false.

  • dbecraft

    It is driving those that can NOT vote or those that can NOT vote legally that is the problem… (ACORN is the problem)…