[Vision2020] [Fwd: Re: 19 of 19 Precincts]

[Tom Hansen]

I checked with Moscow's City Clerk.  She informed me that the "canvass the
votes" meeting is short in duration and boringly uneventful.

As such, you wil lhave to let your imaginations go wild (sans any video).

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

>
> Tom: Will you be attending the "canvass the votes" meeting?
>
> Dan: Will this be a televised City Council Meeting?
>
> Tom: Will you be placing a video link of the proceedings
>         on your Moscow Cares website?
>
>         If Yes, how soon can we view it from "afar"?
>
> Thank you, both.
>
> MoscowSam I am . . .
>
> We'll make everything official at our special meeting at noon today when
> we
> canvass the ballots.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Hansen [mailto:thansen at moscow.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:51 AM
> To: Dan Carscallen
> Cc: Moscow Vision 2020
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 19 of 19 Precincts
>
> Then . . .
>
> We can maybe kinda somewhat consider the current count to be the
> quasi-official tally until the big whigs at the head shed (pronounced,
> "staff at City Hall") give it their sacred blessing, complete with
> high-fives and fist-bumps?
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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%.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> DC
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