We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! Knowing that we’re not going to kill today! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18

Hillary Clinton isn't a Democrat any longer?

In Texas, where does this vote end up going? Did you do the research?

since, officially, the write in option is on the ballot.

the voting is done by a machine.

Lubbock County had 7,700 early voters yesterday. That was an all-time high.

(where else would it go, and what research are you talking about?)

make that graphic into a poster and I'll buy one.

What I was asking was not where the vote physically ends up, but who it is tallied for? Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?

Sarah, talk to us.

What led to this change of heart?

get out the "don't blame me, I voted for Hillary" tee-shirt, buttons, etc. Wow!

Expound?

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

is there an option to write in a name?

they get certified right away or sit in a room untouched til Nov. 4th?

(i don't trust that they won't be played with)

Here in MA, if a candidate doesn't register to be a write in then the vote goes into the great void. Unfortunately, HRC didn't register as a write in. I guess I'm OK with that. As long as it isn't counted as a dem vote for the dem candidate which I confirmed w/ the Dept. of Elections.

I love this job!

Monday was the first day of early voting.
It'll run 14 days.
The votes are recorded by the machine and the records go to the county elections administrator's office.
I'm annoyed because, up until 2006, if you voted early in Texas, you got a paper ballet and a pencil to mark it with.
Now it's all done by machine.

Far as a change of heart, what? I thought I had three choices (no sample ballots in the paper yet): McCain, Obama or the Libertarians. Being me and knowing that the Libertarians are the Norquist-fraction GOP on steroid-rage overdrive (also their local people are on the far side of completely bananacakes insane), I had determined months ago that the only thing to do was vote against McCain. That meant straight-party ticket. Punch one button, done, and you don't even have to hold your nose 'cause you don't get down to block to mark "for" Obama.

So I go down to the grocery store with my driver's license ('cause I always have my license when I'm driving, you know?) and there's a line, and damned if it isn't for early voting (which I wasn't expecting) -- but that was Monday night, and after 7 p.m. so I was too late.

So Tuesday I went to the store again ('cause where I live you buy hamburger or chicken no more than 24 hours before you use it or it goes bad) and stood in line to vote first -- when I saw I had the option to write in, and since I live in the scarlet throbbing pericardial temple of Bushdom ...

but it's a felony to tamper with votes in Texas, just like tampering with the mail.

We gotsta know.

Please let us in on your decision-making process!

Hillary, remember?

When I saw the option to write-in on the ballot, it was a no-brainer.

a lot of what I perceive as misbehavior.

Skepticism I don't have a problem with. Smears, inaccuracies, laziness -- if you get annoyed that somebody treats your candidate that way, why wouldn't you hold yourself to the same standard on behalf of the party's candidate?

Look, all the sample ballots I could find online - the AJ hasn't printed one yet, they'll do it the Sunday before Election Day like always -- did NOT show the option to vote for anybody except the "big three" (McPalin, Obama/Biden, Barr).

When I found that I really did have a chance to vote my conscience, I was absolutely delighted.

Do I honestly think it'll matter? Dude. I live in Lubbock, Texas. This place is so red it makes Arizona look deep-water-navy blue. But ever since 1980, I have voted how I wanted, even knowing my vote would probably do squat to affect the national races. (As usual I voted mostly Dem yesterday, but I also voted for one Republican whose opponent, not a Dem, is a thoroughgoing disaster looking for a place to happen. He's not apt to win, but if I can help make sure of that, so much the better.)

We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! Knowing that we’re not going to kill today! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18

Hillary graphic? It's terrific.

...my question, so I went and looked it up. Seems that a candidate seeking to be written in has to file a Declaration of Write-in Candidacy by August 26. What the sec. of state's office in Texas doesn't say is how many electors are needed so that the vote counts for something.

from "In Texas, where does this vote end up going? Did you do the research?", I didn't at all grok what you wanted.

Jawbone:http://www.geocities.com/lacrossecorey1/hillalryvote.jpg

We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! Knowing that we’re not going to kill today! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18