[Vision2020] 19 of 19 Precincts

[Dan Carscallen]

I believe that's "precinct 19", Tom.  

In my experience with elections (running them, and running *in* them) here
in Latah County, all of the absentees are counted at 8 pm while the clerk
and deputies wait for the rest of the ballots to come in from the polling
places.  Also, we don't have the "vote by mail" like Washington, where they
have to be postmarked by yesterday, and they may not know the full results
for at least a week (remember Weller in Pullman last year) while the ballots
trickle in.

At least, that's my understanding of the system here.

DC

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hansen [mailto:thansen at moscow.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:28 AM
To: Dan Carscallen
Cc: Moscow Vision 2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 19 of 19 Precincts

Area Man -

Would you happen to know if all absentee ballots have been counted?

I mean . . .

We ain't gonna be talkin' about pregnant chads tomorrow, like they done
did durin' the federal election of 2000 down ini Flurida, are we?

Tom


> About 200 more voters than in 2005, 800 less than in 2007.
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>
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> You almost have to throw out 30% of the registered voters, though, because
> they may have registered for last year's presidential election, yet
> they're
> not a citizen of Moscow anymore (the county purges the list every few
> years), so that would put it up to an "actual" turnout of about 50%.
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>
>
> Still, one wonders how it compares to some of the smaller towns in the
> area
> (Genesee had 330 votes cast for mayor, Kendrick had 137), but I don't
> believe the totals are available for that since the county didn't run
> those
> elections.
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>
>
> Having been through this a few times, it is pretty interesting to look at
> which precincts turn out (and which ones don't).  The 8th precinct is
> pretty
> pathetic.
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>
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> DC