The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think.
This is the Emergency Blogging System. Even if Papa’s had a WiFi hotspot and steveegg had a laptop, he wouldn’t be live-blogging the election.
The time is now 8 pm Central Standard Time. If the ‘Rats haven’t conned a judge to let them continue to bus people in from Illinois, the polls are now closed. It’s all over but the counting (and hopefully not the recounting and re-recounting and re-re-recounting like in Washington State in 2004).
This is the Emergency Blogging System. Steveegg is busy working the Casper for Everything Victory Party/November Drinking Right at Papa’s Social Club.
One hour, one hour left in the voting day. If you’re going to vote for the NRE-recommended candidates, do so NOW, then come on down to Papa’s. If not, then in the immortal words of Fighting Bob Anderson, “Tahellwitchoo!”
(H/T once again – RedState)
A ‘Rat county clerk sent only 150 ballots to a Pubbie-heavy precinct with 2400 registered voters. Needless to say, they ran out and got a drop-in-the-bucket shipment of another 250. They also don’t have any provisional ballots.
Paging Tom “Milk Carton” Barrett. THAT is the textbook definition of not providing not enough ballots, not the providing of hundreds of thousands more than registered voters you bitched about in 2004.
(H/T – RedState)
The Indianapolis Star is reporting that polls in one Indiana county will stay open an extra 2:40 to 8:40 pm local time because of extended problems with voting machines.
JSOnline’s DayWatch is now reporting that the State Doylie Elections Board has ordered Milwaukee poll workers to take down signs that say that felons who attempt to vote may be prosecuted. These signs were put up by the Milwaukee Elections Commission at the urging of both the city attorney’s office and the county district attorney’s office.
Guess the Doylies aren’t liking Jim “Craps” Doyle’s (WEAC/Potawatomi-For Sale) chances.
JSOnline’s DayWatch reports that a polling site at Madison East High School received a bomb threat. The initial report at 11:34 had the site shut down and Madison considering asking for an extension, while the update at 11:54 said that the site was open until 11:40, then shut down for an estimated 20-minute search.
Catch the bastard(s) that made the threat and let him/her/them swing.
Revisions/extensions (1:18 pm 11/7/2006) – According to JSOnline’s DayWatch, they moved the machines outside and are voting again.
Various sources from JSOnline’s DayWatch to Owen to my own personal experience (19th when the polls opened with a nice line) all indicate that turnout is heavy in southeast Wisconsin. Keep it up!
Redstate.com is reporting multiple incidents of vote fraud and intimidation in the city of Brotherly Love. White out has been dumped on several polling books, some election officials are allowing unregistered people to vote, others are demanding people vote straight DemonRAT, and in one precinct, Republican poll watchers with valid poll-watching certificates are being actively denied access to the polls.
That wouldn’t have anything to do with incumbent Pubbie Sen. Rick Santorum’s legendary ability to close at the end of a campaign now, would it?
Revisions/extensions (1:37 pm 11/7/2006) – RedState has video of the blocking of the poll watchers.
This is the Emergency Blogging System. It has been activated because steveegg is already at his polling place and casting his ballot. LOOK OUT BELOW!
For the next 13 hours, the polls will be open in Wisconsin. See below for steveegg’s extended recommendations. To summarize:
Governor/Lt. Governor – Mark Green/Jean Hundertmark
Secretary of State – Sandy Sullivan
State Treasurer – Jack Voight
US Senate – Dave Casper (write-in)
Defense of Marriage Amendment – Yes (that is the ONLY vote that will prevent the Wisconsin State Supreme Court from imposing homosex marriage in the next year)
Death Penalty advisory referrendum – Yes
1st Congressional – Paul Ryan
4th Congressional – Perfecto Rivera
5th Congressional – Jim Sensenbrenner
8th Congressional – John Gard
5th State Senate – Tom Reynolds
7th State Senate – Dimity Grabowski
21st State Senate – Bill McReynolds
21st State Assembly – Mark Honadel (I know, he’s running unopposed, but we don’t want a write-in surprise)
Milwaukee County Sheriff – David Clarke
Milwaukee County District Attorney – Jeff Wagner (write-in)
Oak Creek/Franklin School $28.5 million borrow-spend-tax for another shiny new building – No
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