tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067562197690232099.post4807059767312171448..comments2023-06-19T03:47:29.108-07:00Comments on Anaheim Life: The Fight's Not Over so Let's Stay Busy Until We Know!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067562197690232099.post-27350391382137683662008-11-12T02:15:00.000-08:002008-11-12T02:15:00.000-08:00Eight hours for the farmer's market? Long time--he...Eight hours for the farmer's market? Long time--hey, as long as they're selling!<BR/><BR/>--GustavoGustavo Arellanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06768093433425264879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067562197690232099.post-21295979067469359252008-11-06T19:39:00.000-08:002008-11-06T19:39:00.000-08:00Thanks for the info, I had not understood they wer...Thanks for the info, I had not understood they were different. And thanks for volunteering. My kids have worked the polls for years, but I admit I always chicken out on the long hours. It is frustrating that the system is not prepared to handle the paper. One friend tells me that 2 precincts in his neighborhood had their machines down and used paper exclusively, for a good portion of the evening. So there are a LOT of uncounted votes out there. And of course ever the optimist, I pray every one of them are for someone other than Galloway. Not that I feel strongly about it or anything.colony rabblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541427126818487787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067562197690232099.post-60357839548302063592008-11-06T17:08:00.000-08:002008-11-06T17:08:00.000-08:00A slight word of correction -- a provisional ballo...A slight word of correction -- a provisional ballot is <I>not</I> the same as a paper ballot! "Provisional" ballots have validity issues that need to be resolved before they can be counted -- the voter claims they're registered but can't be found on the rolls at the polling place, the voter claims they never received their vote-by-mail ballot, etc. Paper ballots are just plain 'ol ballots (listed as "Election Day Paper Ballots" on the ROV's "What's Left To Count" page), with no validity questions.<BR/><BR/>As a poll worker in this election, I was trained to offer voters a choice between voting electronically or on paper, without making an attempt to influence which method they chose. Given that, I'm disappointed that the ROV seems totally unprepared to deal with counting paper ballots -- two days after the election, they <I>can't even estimate how many they have to count</I>, let alone tabulate them into the results! <BR/><BR/>By my rough count, approximately 25% of the voters in our precinct used paper ballots on election day. If our experience is at all typical, that's a lot of votes still floating around out there.Kevin Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424799205455417996noreply@blogger.com